camerae

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camerae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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