camera

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[ kam-er-uh ]
/ ˈkæm ər ə /
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noun, plural cam·er·ae [kam-uh-ree] /ˈkæm ə ri/.

a judge's private office.

Idioms for camera

    in camera,
    1. Law. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.
    2. privately.

Origin of camera

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1630–40; for earlier sense “vaulted room” < Latin < Greek kamára vault; see chamber

Words nearby camera

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Words related to in camera

quietly, clandestinely, surreptitiously, covertly, privately, personally, furtively, stealthily, secretly, confidentially, hush-hush, intimately, obscurely, slyly, insidiously, privily, unobserved, o, undercover

British Dictionary definitions for in camera (1 of 2)

in camera
/ (ɪn ˈkæmərə) /

adverb, adjective

in a private or secret session; not in public
law (formerly)
  1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers
  2. in a court not open to the publicOfficial name: in chambers

Word Origin for in camera

Latin: in the chamber

British Dictionary definitions for in camera (2 of 2)

camera
/ (ˈkæmərə, ˈkæmrə) /

noun

Word Origin for camera

C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

Medical definitions for in camera

camera
[ kăm′ər-ə, kăm′rə ]

n. pl. cam•er•ae (-ə-rē)

A chamber or cavity, such as one of the chambers of the heart or eye.