The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. Cameras, L. Camerae. [L.
   vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]
   A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The
   camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and
   Camera obscura.
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   Bellows camera. See under Bellows.
   In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately;
      as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open
      court in camera.
   Panoramic camera, or Pantascopic camera, a photographic
      camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so
      as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to
      the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical
      slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney.
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