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camera

[ kam-er-uh, kam-ruh ]

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noun

a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
(in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.

adjective

Printing. camera-ready.

camera

[ kam-er-uh ]

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noun

plural camerae

a judge's private office.

camera

/ ˈkæmrə; ˈkæmərə /

noun

an optical device consisting of a lens system set in a light-proof construction inside which a light-sensitive film or plate can be positioned See also cine camera digital camera
television the equipment used to convert the optical image of a scene into the corresponding electrical signals
See camera obscura
-erae-əˌriː a judge's private room
in camera
1. law relating to a hearing from which members of the public are excluded
2. in private
off camera
not within an area being filmed
on camera
(esp of an actor) being filmed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of camera¹

First recorded in 1730–40; shortening of camera obscura ( def ); 1840-45 camera ¹fordef 1; utimately from Latin camera “vaulted room, vault”; see camera ²( def )

Origin of camera²

First recorded in 1630–40; for earlier sense “vaulted room,” from Latin, from Greek kamára “vault, vaulted room”; see chamber ( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of camera¹

C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

in camera,
1. Law. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.
2. privately.
off camera,
1. out of the range of a video camera, as a television or motion picture camera:
  The stunt woman was waiting just off camera for her cue to enter the scene.
2. (of an actor) in one’s private rather than professional life:
  The two co-stars are best friends off camera.
on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera:
Be sure to look alert when you are on camera.

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Example Sentences

But these dinner table sequences were blocked ahead of time because of the technical challenges — which led Soderbergh to take out the middle of the dining table and get inside the hole with the camera.

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Shot in saturated primary colors, the visual of the song finds her seducing both the camera and her dancing partner in no uncertain terms.

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De la Huerta is drinking only the cameras and eyes that are on her.

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She encourages her husband to join her in therapy along with, I very much regret to report, “The Baldwins” camera crew.

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It requires a perfect coordination of cast, crew and camera, without the chance for any mistakes.

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