camera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
    photographic camera.
  2. noun television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
    television camera; tv camera.

WordNet

Cam"e*ra noun
Etymology
L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.
Wordforms
plural E Cameras L Camerae
Definitions
  1. A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. Abney.

Webster 1913