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Camera

/ˈkæməɹə/

A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

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📖 Definitions of "Camera"

noun

1
A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
2
The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
3
A vaulted room.
4
The judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.

🔄 Synonyms of "Camera"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
photographic cameranoun	equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
television cameranoun	television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Camera"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
photographic cameranoun	equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
television cameranoun	television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
photographynoun	The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
photographernoun	(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
photographingnoun	The taking of a photograph.
photographnoun	(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
photonoun	(informal) A photograph.
imagingnoun	The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
photographicnoun	Pertaining to photographs or photography.
cameramannoun	Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
camcordernoun	A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
filmingnoun	The action of the verb to film.
picturenoun	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
footagenoun	(usually uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.
recordernoun	(music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
audio-visual	Alternative form of audiovisual. [Containing both aural and visual elements.]
audiovisual	Containing both aural and visual elements.
lensnoun	(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
webcamnoun	(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
cinematographynoun	The art, process, or job of filming movies.