Camera - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms (original) (raw)
Other forms: cameras; camerae
A camera records images in the form of photographs, film or video. If you want evidence that you've spotted Bigfoot in the woods behind your house, you'll need a camera.
The noun camera typically refers to a film or digital device that captures still pictures when you press a button. A film camera stores images on a strip of film that must be developed with special chemicals, while a digital camera keeps them on a memory card, and with the help of a computer you can see the pictures almost instantly. The original meaning of camera, "vaulted building," came from Latin via the Greek root kamera, "vaulted chamber."
Definitions of camera
- noun
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
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[digital camera](/dictionary/digital camera)
a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction
[reflex camera](/dictionary/reflex camera)
camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed
[sound camera](/dictionary/sound camera)
a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
webcam
a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet - noun
television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
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camcorder
a portable television camera and videocassette recorder
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