# camera

Pronunciation: say "KAM-uh-ruh" /ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/

## Noun

1. A device for taking still photographs or recording moving pictures.
   - Simple: A tool you use to take photos or to record videos.
   - _The photographer adjusted the camera before the shoot._
   - _High-speed cameras can capture thousands of images per second._
2. The viewpoint from which a three-dimensional game or simulation is seen.
   - Simple: The point of view that shows you the action in a video game or 3D world.
   - _Players can rotate the camera freely to survey the battlefield._
   - _A poorly placed camera made the platforming sections frustrating._
3. A judge's private chamber, now found almost only in the phrase in camera, meaning in private rather than in open court.
   - Simple: A judge's private room, now used almost only in the phrase in camera, meaning heard in private.
   - _The sensitive testimony was heard in camera, away from the public gallery._
   - _Counsel asked the court to sit in camera while the point of law was argued._

## Noun

4. A room roofed with a vault, or arched ceiling. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A room with a curved, arched ceiling.

## Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin camera ("chamber"), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, "vaulted room"), and so a doublet of chamber. The device sense is short for camera obscura ("dark chamber"), a darkened room or box that projects an outside scene through a small hole or lens, from which the photographic camera developed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/camera (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).