camera — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

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   The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.

   Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.

2. The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

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   If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.

   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.

3. A vaulted room.

4. A judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.

Noun

1. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

   Synonyms

   photographic camera

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   photographic equipment

2. television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

   Synonyms

   television cameratv camera

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   television equipmentvideo equipment