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• Camera obscura (disambiguation) — Camera obscura means literally darkened chamber . It is the term used to describe early devices for projecting an image on a screen, using either a lens or pinhole.Camera obscura may also mean: *Camera Obscura, an attraction at the Cliff House in …   Wikipedia

• camera — [kam′ər ə, kam′rə] n. pl. cameras; also for CAMERA 1, camerae [kam′ər ē΄] [L camera, vault < Gr kamara, vaulted chamber < IE base * kam , to arch] 1. a chamber; specif., the private office of a judge 2. short for CAMERA OBSCURA 3. [ …   English World dictionary

• camera — 1708, vaulted building, from L. camera vaulted room (Cf. It. camera, Sp. camara, Fr. chambre), from Gk. kamara vaulted chamber, from PIE root *kam to arch. The word also was used early 18c. as a short form of Mod.L. camera obscura dark chamber (a …   Etymology dictionary

• Camera — For other uses, see Camera (disambiguation). Various cameras A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura… …   Wikipedia

• camera — n. 1) to load a camera 2) an automatic; box; cine (BE), motion picture (AE), movie (AE); miniature; television, TV camera 3) candid camera ( taking pictures of people without their knowledge ) 4) off camera ( not being filmed ) 5) on camera (… …   Combinatory dictionary

• camera — camera1 noun a device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, cinema film, or video signals. Phrases on (or off) camera while being (or not being) filmed or televised. Derivatives cameraman noun (plural cameramen). Word History… …   English new terms dictionary

• camera — [[t]kæ̱mrə[/t]] ♦♦ cameras 1) N COUNT A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures. Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt. ...a video camera. 2)… …   English dictionary

• camera */*/*/ — UK [ˈkæm(ə)rə] / US noun [countable] Word forms camera : singular camera plural cameras 1) a piece of equipment used for taking photographs 2) a piece of equipment used for making television programmes, films, or videos • on/off camera while a… …   English dictionary

• Taking a Break from All Your Worries — Infobox Television episode Title = Taking a Break From All Your Worries Caption = Hello Series = Battlestar Galactica Season = 3 Episode = 13 Airdate = January 28, 2007 Production = 313 Writer = Michael Taylor Director = Edward James Olmos Guests …   Wikipedia

• camera — cam|er|a [ kæm(ə)rə ] noun count *** 1. ) a piece of equipment used for taking photographs 2. ) a piece of equipment used for making television programs, movies, or VIDEOS in camera LEGAL happening in private, without other people knowing what is …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• camera — n. 1 an apparatus for taking photographs, consisting of a lightproof box to hold light sensitive film, a lens, and a shutter mechanism, either for still photographs or for motion picture film. 2 Telev. a piece of equipment which forms an optical… …   Useful english dictionary