Definitions for Camera
ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rəCam·er·a

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

1. camera, photographic cameranoun

   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, cameranoun

   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. cameranoun

   A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

2. cameranoun

   The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game.

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

1. Cameranoun

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

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

Freebase(2.50 / 2 votes)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(3.00 / 1 vote)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.

Matched Categories

1. • Photographic Equipment
   • Television Equipment

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

How to pronounce Camera?

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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

Examples of Camera in a Sentence

1. Jon Cooper:

   I hope they didn’t have the camera on me because my eyes were a little watery, it showed what a fan favorite he was. He deserved it.

2. Susan Sontag:

   The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.

3. Peter Engel:

   Dustin was only 11… Eleven and 12-year-olds don’t hang out with 15 or 16 year olds. And it was very difficult for him… because the other kids were real teens, and it was difficult for him to feel included in the gang when they weren’t on camera. It was hard for him, and I did everything I could. every Friday night when the audience came in, it was like a party. It was like a family.

4. Paris Hilton:

   I love having him behind the camera because it just makes me feel more comfortable than having some stranger behind the camera. In the shots, you can really see the whole time that I’m thinking of him and looking over at him.

5. Chris Calabrese:

   The infrastructure necessary to do this right is significant, it's not just a question of buying a video camera -- it's an entire system that has to be implemented and implemented correctly.

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