Hypertext Webster Gateway: "camera"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. {Cameras}, L. {Camerae}. [L.
vault, arch, LL., chamber. See {Chamber}.]
A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The
{camera obscura} when used in photography. See {Camera}, and
{Camera obscura}.
{Bellows camera}. See under {Bellows}.
{In camera} (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately;
as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open
court in camera.
{Panoramic}, or {Pantascopic}, {camera}, a photographic
camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so
as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to
the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical
slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
camera
n 1: photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a
lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other
[syn: {photographic camera}]
2: television equipment consisting of a lens system that
focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is
scanned by an electron beam [syn: {television camera}, {tv
camera}]
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