camera

English

/ˈkæməɹə/

noun
Definitions
  • A device for taking still or moving pictures or photograph.
  • (computer graphics) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
  • A vaulted room.
  • The judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.

Etymology

Derived from Latin camera obscura (dark chamber), camera (chamber, room, chamber bedchamber, bedchamber, vault, a chamber, arch) derived from Ancient Greek καμάρα (vaulted chamber, a vaulted chamber, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage boat, a vault, vault, something with an arched cover, a covered boat, something with an arched cover a covered wagon, arch).

Origin

Ancient Greek

καμάρα

Gloss

vaulted chamber, a vaulted chamber, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage boat, a vault, vault, something with an arched cover, a covered boat, something with an arched cover a covered wagon, arch

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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