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a
: a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on a photosensitive film or an electronic sensor) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)
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: the treasury department of the papal curia
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Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
What's more, the human eye is very good at picking up subtle variations in color and texture — better than robotic spacecraft cameras, in fact.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Another 15 cameras are mounted to the capsule, including those attached to the tips of its solar array wings.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
Our cameras are much higher quality, revealing remarkable, novel details.
—Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
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camera
noun
cam·era
ˈkam-(ə-)rə 
1
: a judge's private office
hearings held in camera
2
: a lightproof box fitted with a lens through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface that is sensitive to light for recording (as on film) or for converting into electrical signals (as for a live television broadcast)
Etymology
from Latin camera "room, chamber"; sense 2 from the scientific Latin phrase camera obscura, literally, "dark chamber" — related to chamber
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