phan·tas·ma (făn-tăz'mə)
n., pl. -ma·ta (-mə-tə).
See phantasm (sense 1) (sense 2).
[Ultimately from Greek phantasma. See phantasm.]
phan·tasm (făn'tăz'əm)
n.
1. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition. Also called phantasma.
2. An illusory mental image. Also called phantasma.
3. In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.
[Middle English fantasme, from Old French, from Latin phantasma, from Greek, from phantazein, to make visible, from phantos, visible, from phainein, to show.]
cam·er·a (kăm'ər-ə, kăm'rə)
n.
1. An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
Late Latin, room. See chamber.]
