Meaning of camera in English

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Noun
camera
Etymology
mid 19th century: from Latin(see camera, camera obscura)
Definitions
1. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
2. 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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