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: 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 a photosensitive film or an electronic sensor) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)
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: the treasury department of the papal curia
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Texans on the South Plains, including Lubbock and surrounding regions, as well as cities north of Dallas-Fort Worth, might capture the aurora borealis with a good camera in low-light conditions.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
In particular, Kanade’s work has been notably helpful in building robotic cameras and tools that will move inside the body’s tissues and blood vessels.
—John Werner, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The layers of contrivance necessary to get the titular mole agent and various cameras into the senior home left me constantly aware of the artificiality of moments that were meant to be real.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Wearing polos and button-ups in shades of blue, Reinis' sons Ace, Jules, and Gus smiled for a camera alongside their mom, who wore a lace and floral dress.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
In particular, Kanade’s work has been notably helpful in building robotic cameras and tools that will move inside the body’s tissues and blood vessels.
—John Werner, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The layers of contrivance necessary to get the titular mole agent and various cameras into the senior home left me constantly aware of the artificiality of moments that were meant to be real.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Wearing polos and button-ups in shades of blue, Reinis' sons Ace, Jules, and Gus smiled for a camera alongside their mom, who wore a lace and floral dress.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camera. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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camera
noun
cam·era
ˈkam-(ə-)rə 
1
: a judge's private office
hearings held in camera
2
: a lightproof box fitted with a lens through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface that is sensitive to light for recording (as on film) or for converting into electrical signals (as for a live television broadcast)
Etymology
from Latin camera "room, chamber"; sense 2 from the scientific Latin phrase camera obscura, literally, "dark chamber" — related to chamber
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