definition of the word camera

From New Latin camera obscura, dark chamber, because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera, chamber or bedchamber, from cama, bed.

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkæm.ɹə/, /ˈkæm.ə(ɹ).ə SAMPA: /"k{m.r@/, /"k{m.@(r).@/
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camera (plural cameras)

1. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
2. (video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game.
   • 2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete

     I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

• cameraman
• camera operator
• lights, camera, action!
• on camera
• off camera
• cine camera or ciné camera
• digital camera
• in camera
• movie camera
• pinhole camera
• video camera

• camcorder
• camera obscura
• camera ready

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