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a
: 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)
b
2
: the treasury department of the papal curia
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The camera now is something immediate: their—and our—everything.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
With less than two minutes remaining, the television cameras showed PSG’s assistant coach in tears in the technical area.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The little waterproof camera has a colorful and child-friendly design and takes HD photos and videos.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camera. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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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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