'the camera' definitions:
Definition of 'the camera'
From: GCIDE
- Camera obscura \Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra\ [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.)
- 1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'the camera'
- Camera,
- Camerae,
- Cameras,
- In camera,
- on camera,
- Bellows camera,
- Camera lucida,
- Camera obscura,
- Magazine camera,
- Panoramic camera,
- Pantascopic camera,
- box camera,
- camera angle,
- camera care,
- camera lens,
- camera operator,
- camera tripod,
- candid camera,
- digital camera,
- flash camera,
- movie camera,
- photographic camera,
- polaroid camera,
- portrait camera,
- reflex camera,
- schmidt camera,
- sound camera,
- television camera,
- tv camera,
- cine-camera,
- polaroid land camera,
- motion-picture camera,
- point-and-shoot camera,
- television-camera tube