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Camera vs Cam - What's the difference?

camera | cam |

As nouns the difference between camera and cam

is that camera is a device for taking still or moving pictures or {{l/en|photograph}}s while cam is a turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

As a verb cam is

to go on webcam with someone.

As an adverb cam is

alternative form of lang=en.

As a proper noun Cam is

a diminutive=Cameron given name.

camera

English

(wikipedia camera)

Noun

(cameras)
  • A device for taking still or moving pictures or s.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.}}
  • (video games) The game or simulation.
  • * 2003 , Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds
  • If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.
  • * 2006 , Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete
  • I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

    Derived terms

    * cameraman * ! * on camera * off camera * cine camera or * digital camera * movie camera * pinhole camera * video camera

    cam

    English

    (CAM)

    Etymology 1

    Recorded since the 16th century, from (etyl) )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
  • A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
  • (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
  • (Wright)
  • (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
  • Derived terms
    * overhead cam

    See also

    * ("cam" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    From (camera), from the first part of (etyl) (camera)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) camera
  • Derived terms
    * camcorder * camgirl * cammer * camwhore * dashcam * nanny cam * Steadicam * webcam * webcammer

    Verb

  • To go on webcam with someone
  • Etymology 3

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Anagrams

    * acm ----