CAMERA


Meaning of CAMERA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkam-rə, ˈka-mər-ə ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, room — more at chamber

Date: 1712

1. : the treasury department of the papal curia

2.

a. : camera obscura

b. : a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on film) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)

- off camera

- on camera

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.