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cameras
noun(cam-era)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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noun(cam-era)camera obscura
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noun(cam-era)the treasury department of the papal curia
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noun(cam-era)a video camera that is worn on clothing and used to continuously record activity in front of the wearer
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noun(cam-era)a box-shaped camera with a simple lens and rotary shutter
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noun(cam-era)a camera used to record subjects in a natural, spontaneous, or unposed manner; also : something likened to a camera used in such a manner
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noun(cam-era)a video camera mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record activity through the vehicle's windshield
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noun(cam-era)a camera that detects the radiation from a radioactive tracer injected into the body and is used especially in medical diagnostic scanning
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noun(cam-era)a camera for recording very fast or short-lived phenomena (such as fluorescence or shock waves)
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noun(cam-era)a camera that records video and usually audio; especially : camcorder
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phrasal verb(cam-era)to behave or perform in a particular way for (someone or something) in order to get approval or attention
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phrasal verb(cam-era)to make use of (something)