in cam·er·a (k?m??r-?)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 camer? : Latin in, in + Late Latin camer?, ablative of camera, chamber.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.in camera (?n ?kæm?r?) adv, adj1. in a private or secret session; not in public2. (Law) law (formerly)a. in the privacy of a judge’s chambersb. in a court not open to the public. Official name: in chambers [Latin: in the chamber]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cam?er?a (?kæm ?r ?, ?kæm r?) 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;