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Bellows cameraBellows Bel"lows, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly,
bellows, AS. b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows
is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly.]
An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate
expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top,
draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for
various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or
filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can
be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.
Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic.
A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for
blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped
boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a
valve and tube. Bicameral
Bicameral Bi*cam"er*al, a. [Pref. bi- + camera.]
Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative
branches. --Bentham.
Camera lucida
Camera lucida Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da [L. camera chamber + L.
lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.] (Opt.)
An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form,
or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an
external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a
plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines
may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the
microscope.
Camera obscuraCamera obscura Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra [LL. camera chamber + L.
obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.)
1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects,
formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on
a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the
lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that
the outlines may be traced.
2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external
object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a
sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an
extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; --
commonly called simply the camera. CameradeCamerade Came"rade, n.
See Comrade. [Obs.] Cameralistic
Cameralistic Cam`e*ra*lis"tic, a.
Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.
Cameraria latifoliaManchineel Man`chi*neel", n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an
apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from
its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.)
A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical
America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and
poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the
East Indies, having similar poisonous properties.
--Lindley. CamerateCamerate Cam"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Camerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Camerzting.] [L. cameratus, p. p. of camerare. See
Camber.]
1. To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
2. To divide into chambers. CameratedCamerate Cam"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Camerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Camerzting.] [L. cameratus, p. p. of camerare. See
Camber.]
1. To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
2. To divide into chambers. Cameration
Cameration Cam`er*a"tion, n. [L. cameratio.]
A vaulting or arching over. [R.]
Cameronian
Cameronian Cam`e*ro"ni*an, n.
A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter
of the time of Charles II.
Note: Cameron and others refused to accept the ``indulgence``
offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn
league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II.
deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was
killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers
became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed
Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or
institutions which they believed contrary to the
kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of
political rights.
CamerztingCamerate Cam"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Camerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Camerzting.] [L. cameratus, p. p. of camerare. See
Camber.]
1. To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
2. To divide into chambers. ConcamerateConcamerate Con*cam"er*ate (k[o^]n*k[a^]m"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t.
[L. concameratus, p. p. of concamerare to arch over. See
Camber.]
1. To arch over; to vault.
Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of
one concamerated bone. --Grew.
2. To divide into chambers or cells. --Woodward. Concameration
Concameration Con*cam`er*a"tion (-[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
concameratio.]
1. An arch or vault.
2. A chamber of a multilocular shell. --Glanvill.
Magazine camera
Magazine camera Magazine camera (Photog.)
A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without
reloading.
Panoramic cameraPanoramic Pan`o*ram"ic, Panoramical Pan`o*ram"ic*al, a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama.
Panoramic camera. See under Camera. the cameraCamera obscura Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra [LL. camera chamber + L.
obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.)
1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects,
formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on
a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the
lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that
the outlines may be traced.
2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external
object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a
sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an
extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; --
commonly called simply the camera. Unicameral
Unicameral U`ni*cam"e*ral, a. [Uni- + L. camera vault.]
Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a
legislative assembly. [R.] --F. Lieber.
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