Crossword clues for camerae
camerae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. Cameras, L. Camerae. [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.] A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.
Bellows camera. See under Bellows.
In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera.
Panoramic camera, or Pantascopic camera, a photographic
camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so
as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to
the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical
slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes.
--Abney.
Wiktionary
n. (context rare English) (en-irregular plural of: camera)
WordNet
See camera
n. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) [syn: photographic camera]
television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam [syn: television camera, tv camera]
[also: camerae (pl)]