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[syn: privately, in private, in camera]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
in camera
adv 1: kept private or confined to those intimately concerned;
"it was discussed privately between the two men";
"privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his
own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was
questioned in private" [syn: privately, in private,
in camera] [ant: in public, publically, publicly]