Camera meaning

What does “camera” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“camera” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other).

camera

noun

  1. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

  2. television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University