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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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Traps have also been set up and officers are using thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to recapture the animals, police said.
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The camera floats around the room like an invisible spider, circling and circling, weaving this trio into a diabolical web.
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Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Maybe Melania Trump was the one holding the camera.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
The camera floats around the room like an invisible spider, circling and circling, weaving this trio into a diabolical web.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Cursory googling says the show was filmed from June to July, so some months have passed since the men were on camera.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camera. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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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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