[kam-er-uh, kam-ruh] 
noun, plural -er⋅as for 1,2, -er⋅ae [-uh-ree] for 3, adjective | 1. | a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image. |
| 2. | (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses. |
| 3. | a judge's private office. |
| 4. | Printing. camera-ready. |
| 5. | in camera,
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| 6. | off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera. |
| 7. | on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera: Be sure to look alert when you are on camera. |
[kam-er-uh-red-ee, kam-ruh-] | (of text or illustrations) ready to be photographed. |
cam·er·a (kām'ər-ə, kām'rə)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
[Late Latin, room; see chamber.] |
camera cam·er·a (kām'ər-ə, kām'rə)
n. pl. cam·er·ae (-ə-rē)
A chamber or cavity, such as one of the chambers of the heart or eye.
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