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

   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. Carl Boenish:

   If it weren't for the camera, at least I personally probably wouldn't be that interested in skydiving, it's really a sense of creativity that we do a lot of things in skydiving, just for the sake of the camera -- and hence, millions of people -- to see what we do.

2. Springfield Police Chief Lee Graf:

   That camera focuses where it's pointed. It is not an indicator of what the officer is seeing. It is not an indicator of where Springfield Police're looking.

3. Anthony Bourdain:

   We had been talking for nearly a year. It was very, very closely held, cNN did not know, the camera people did not know. Only a very tight group at [ production company ] Zero Point Zero, my partners, me and very few people at the White House. It was very closely held. At the dinner, Bourdain praised Obama for being.

4. Simone Missick:

   You know, we thought,' Oh, we'll have to do our own hair and makeup and figure that out and hold the phone or the camera, the computer.' But then they started sending over lights and making sure that our Wifi was a strong enough connection. We had so many technical rehearsals in addition to the table read, it was like,' Oh, we're doing a location scout in my house today. Great, let me clean up and ignore the fact I haven't done anything for two weeks.'.

5. Joshua Greene:

   Milton realized what a wonderful chameleon Marilyn can be in front of the camera, they knowingly jumped off the cliff together, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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