Camera Definition–noun | 1. | a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image. |
| 2. | (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses. |
| 3. | a judge's private office. |
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—Idioms| 5. | in camera, | a. | Law. in the privacy of a judge's chambers. |
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| 6. | off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera. |
| 7. | on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera: Be sure to look alert when you are on camera. |
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in photography, device for recording an image of an object on a light-sensitive surface; it is essentially a light-tight box with an aperture to admit light focused onto a sensitized film or plate.motion-picture camera
any of various complex photographic cameras that are designed to record a succession of images on a reel of film that is repositioned after each exposure. Commonly, exposures are made at the rate of ...
camera lucida
(Latin: "light chamber"), optical instrument invented in 1807 by William Hyde Wollaston to facilitate accurate sketching of objects. It consists of a four-sided prism mounted on a small stand above ...
digital camera
device for making digital recordings of images. Texas Instruments Incorporated patented the first filmless electronic camera in 1972. In 1981 Sony Corporation brought out a commercial electronic ...
camera obscura
ancestor of the photographic camera. The Latin name means "dark chamber," and the earliest versions, dating to antiquity, consisted of small darkened rooms with light admitted through a single tiny ...
sonata da camera
a type of solo or trio sonata intended for secular performance; the designation is usually found in the late 17th century, especially in the works of Arcangelo Corelli. In that model, an opening ...
orchestrina di camera
any of a group of small keyboard instruments related to the harmonium, invented and made by W.E. Evans of London. He patented them on Oct. 29, 1862.chamber sonata
a type of solo or trio sonata intended for secular performance; see sonata da camera.Schmidt telescope
telescope in which a spherical primary mirror receives light that has passed through a thin aspherical lens, called a correcting plate, that compensates for the image distortions-namely, spherical ...
motion-picture technology
The principles of operation of modern professional motion-picture cameras are much the same as those of earlier times, although the mechanisms have been refined. A film is exposed behind a lens and ...
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