cam·er·a (k m  r-, kmr)n. Idioms: 1. An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor. 2. The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses. 3. Camera obscura. 4. pl. cam·er·ae (- -r ) A judge's private chamber. in camera In private. off camera Outside the field of view of a television or movie camera. on camera Within the field of view of a television or movie camera. [Late Latin, room; see chamber.] |   |
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| Adv. | 1. | on camera - within range of a movie or television camera; "the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera" |
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