Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. camera, photographic camera(noun)

   equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

2. television camera, tv camera, camera(noun)

   television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. camera(Noun)

   A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

2. camera(Noun)

   The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Camera(noun)

   a chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura

Origin: [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Camera

   A camera is an optical instrument that records images that can be stored directly, transmitted to another location, or both. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the word camera obscura, an early mechanism for projecting images. The modern camera evolved from the camera obscura.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Camera

   kam′ėr-a, n. the variety of camera-obscura used by photographers.—ns. Cam′era-lū′cida, an instrument by which the rays of light from an object are reflected by a specially shaped prism, forming an image on the paper underneath; Cam′era-obscū′ra, an instrument for throwing the images of external objects on a white surface placed within a dark chamber or box. [L.]

2. Camera

   kam′ėr-a, n. a vaulted room: the judge's private chamber (In camera, of a case heard there rather than in public court).—adj. Cam′erāted, divided into chambers: arched or vaulted.

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1. camera

   The camera symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the camera symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CAMERA' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3765

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CAMERA' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2419

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CAMERA' in Nouns Frequency: #1149

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CAMERA in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CAMERA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Chantelle Botha:

   I just dropped my camera and I ran….

2. Hadi Shafiee:

   The lenses align with the phone's camera.

3. Brian Driscoll:

   No, i would drop the camera and help him up.

4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   I'd like you to take the camera off me and put it on the audience.

5. Dorothea Lange:

   The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

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