a: camera obscura b: a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on film) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast). â off camera. 1.
/seÂ·quesÂ·ter/ (se-kwesÂ´ter) 1. to detach or separate abnormally a small portion from the whole. See sequestration and sequestrum. 2. to isolate a constituent of a chemical system by chelation or other means.
The term sequestration is used to define mandatory spending cuts in the federal budget. Sequestration is a mechanism used when the cost of running the government exceeds either an arbitrary amount or the the gross revenue it brings during the fiscal year.