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English → English (gcide) Definition: Panoramic camera Panoramic \Pan`o*ram"ic\, Panoramical \Pan`o*ram"ic*al\, a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view. [1913 Webster] Panoramic camera. See under Camera. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Presented with a broad perspective; as, a panoramic view of European history. [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] 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 camera, 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. [1913 Webster]