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