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in cam·er·a

(kăm′ər-ə)

adv.

1. In secret; privately.

2. Law In private in a judge's chambers or in a courtroom without spectators from the public present.

[New Latin in camerā : Latin in, in + Late Latin camerā, ablative of camera, chamber.]

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in camera

(ɪn ˈkæmərə)

adv, adj

1. in a private or secret session; not in public

2. (Law) law (formerly)

a. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

b. in a court not open to the public. Official name: in chambers

[Latin: in the chamber]

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cam•er•a

(ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rə)

n., pl. -er•as.

1. a hand-held photographic device with an aperture controlled by a shutter that opens to admit light: focused by a lens, the light forms an image on a light-sensitive film or plate loaded through the back or top.

2. (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.

Idioms:

1. in camera,

a. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.

b. privately.

2. off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera.

3. on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera.

[1700–10; < Latin: vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára vault; compare chamber]

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in camera - 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"