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English Dictionary: in camera by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): privately, in private, in camera
    Antonym(s): in public, publically, publicly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.
  
      {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}, [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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