video camera

noun

: a camera that records video and usually audio
especially : camcorder

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

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That alleged incident led the family to install the video camera that captured the Saturday shooting. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 My family had a Super 8 camera instead of a video camera. Nicole Young, CBS News, 17 May 2026 Another video camera caught the moment the plane went down almost vertically, with its nose pointed toward the ground, according to the report. Staff Author, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026 Pau bought her first video camera in the mid-’80s. Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for video camera

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of video camera was in 1939

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“Video camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video%20camera. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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video camera

noun
: a camera that records video and usually audio
especially : camcorder

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