Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin camera (chamber or bedchamber), from Ancient Greek καμάÏα or kamára (anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault), of Old Iranian origin. Doublet of chamber. The modern use of camera is a clipping of camera obscura, from New Latin camera obscura (dark chamber), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.
Noun
camera (plural cameras)
- (photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
- (computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
- A vaulted room.
- A judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.
Derived terms
- aerial camera
- body camera
- box camera
- camcorder
- camera angle
- cameraman
- camera phone
- camera roll
- camera worker
- compact camera
- digital camera
- in camera
- movie camera
- off camera
- on camera
- security camera
- surveillance camera
- video camera
Related terms
- bicameral
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