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cam·er·a
(kăm′ər-ə, kăm′rə)n.
Idioms: 1. A usually portable device containing a photosensitive surface that records images through a lens.
2. A camera obscura.
3. pl. cam·er·ae (-ə-rē) A judge's private chamber.
in camera
Outside of the public view: The committee met in camera to discuss the report.
off camera
Outside the field of view of a movie camera.
on camera
Within the field of view of a movie camera.
[Late Latin, room; see chamber.]
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camera
(ˈkæmərə; ˈkæmrə)npl -erae (-əˌriː)
1. (Photography) an optical device consisting of a lens system set in a light-proof construction inside which a light-sensitive film or plate can be positioned. See also cine camera, digital camera
2. (Electronics) television the equipment used to convert the optical image of a scene into the corresponding electrical signals
3. (Art Terms) See camera obscura
4. (Law) a judge's private room
5. (Law) law relating to a hearing from which members of the public are excluded
6. in private
7. (Film) off camera not within an area being filmed
8. (Film) on camera (esp of an actor) being filmed
[C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara]
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cam•er•a
(ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rə)n., pl. -er•as.
1. a hand-held photographic device with an aperture controlled by a shutter that opens to admit light: focused by a lens, the light forms an image on a light-sensitive film or plate loaded through the back or top.
2. (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.
Idioms: 1. in camera,
a. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.
b. privately.
2. off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera.
3. on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera.
[1700–10; < Latin: vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára vault; compare chamber]
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camera
- First meant "vault, chamber."See also related terms for vault.
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Noun | 1. | camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) aperture - a device that controls amount of light admitted box camera, box Kodak - a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box camera lens, optical lens - a lens that focuses the image in a camera candid camera - a miniature camera with a fast lens delayed action - a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture diaphragm, stop - a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically" digital camera - a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction flash camera - a camera with a photoflash attachment cartridge, magazine - a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required cine-camera, motion-picture camera, movie camera - a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer point-and-shoot camera - a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus Polaroid camera, Polaroid Land camera - a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds portrait camera - a camera with a portrait lens reflex camera - camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed shutter - a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure sprocket - roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through |
2. | camera - television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam camcorder - a portable television camera and videocassette recorder camera lens, optical lens - a lens that focuses the image in a camera mosaic - transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube television pickup tube, television-camera tube - a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals television equipment, video equipment - electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound |
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camera
Camera parts
accessory shoe, amplifier, automatic exposure, automatic focus, autowinder, extension ring, flash gun, hot shoe, intervalometer, iris diaphragm, lens hood, macro lens, shutter, sprocket, synchroflash, telephoto lens, tripod, viewfinder, wide-angle lens, zoom lensCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
جِهازُ تَلَقّي الصّورة وتَحْويلهاكَامِيرَاكاميرا: آلة تصوير
fotoaparátkamera
kamerafjernsynskamera
fotilofotografilo
kamera
fotoaparat
kamerafényképezõgépfényképezőgép
ljósmyndavél; kvikmyndatökuvélmyndavélsjónvarpstökuvél
カメラ
카메라
fotoaparataskino kameratelevizijos kamera
fotoaparātskamerakinokamera
fotoaparát
fotoaparatkamera
kamera
กล้องถ่ายรูป
fotoğraf makinesiTV alıcısı
máy ảnh
camera
[ˈkæmərə]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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camera
:camera crane
n → Kamerakran m
camera crew
n → Kamerateam nt
cameraman
n → Kameramann m
camera obscura
n (Opt) → Camera obscura f, → Lochkamera f
camera operator
n → Kameramann m → /-frau f
camera-ready copy
n → Druckvorlage f
camera-shy
adj → kamerascheu
camerawoman
n → Kamerafrau f
camerawork
n → Kameraführung f
camera
1n → Kamera f; (for stills also) → Fotoapparat m
camera
2n (Jur) in camera → unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit; (fig) → hinter verschlossenen Türen, in geschlossener Gesellschaft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
camera
(ˈkӕmərə) noun1. an apparatus for taking still or (ˈmovie-camera) moving photographs.
2. in television, an apparatus which receives a picture and turns it into electrical impulses for transmitting.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
camera
→ كَامِيرَا fotoaparát kamera Kamera κάμερα cámara kamera appareil photo fotoaparat fotocamera カメラ 카메라 camera kamera aparat fotograficzny câmara fotográfica, câmera fotográfica фото- или видеокамера kamera กล้องถ่ายรูป fotoğraf makinesi máy ảnh 照相机Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cam·era
n. cámara.
1. espacio abierto o ventrículo;
2. cámara fotográfica.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- A memory card for this digital camera, please
- Can I have a tape for this video camera, please?
- Do you have batteries for this camera?
- I need a color film for this camera (US)
I need a colour film for this camera (UK) - My camera is sticking
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