ˈkam(ə)rə, ˈkaamrə noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Late Latin, chamber, room — more at chamber
1. plural also camer·ae ˈkaməˌrē, -ī : a chamber, room, or small hall: as
a. : a room having a vaulted or domical ceiling
b. : a judge's chamber
2. : the treasury department of the papal curia
3.
a.
[New Latin, by shortening]
: camera obscura
b. : a lightproof box fitted with a lens through the aperture of which the image of an object is recorded on a light-sensitive material
c. : the part of a television transmitting apparatus in which the image to be televised is formed for conversion into electrical impulses
•
- in camera
- on camera