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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)
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: the treasury department of the papal curia
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The camera is powered by a pair of AA batteries (included) that load in the side.
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And how many times can June give the camera a hard stare and twisty smile only to end up nearly dead?
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Katrina Cossey, Parents, 8 Apr. 2025
The camera is powered by a pair of AA batteries (included) that load in the side.
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
And how many times can June give the camera a hard stare and twisty smile only to end up nearly dead?
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
The camera loved the flinty angularity of his jaw, the slope of his nose, the perfect bow shape of his upper lip.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camera. Accessed 14 Apr. 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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