video camera

noun

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

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

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Epstein’s properties were equipped with video cameras. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025 He was charged in September 2023 after a hospital staff member discovered a tiny video camera that Vanriette had placed inside the women’s bathroom of a hospital staff locker room, according to court documents. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025 The fp is a video camera first and foremost, and is meant to be built out into a larger rig with the addition of accessories. Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025 Observers use a variety of geophysical, chemical, and biological sensors, as well as a still and video cameras to watch for signs of magma flow. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025 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 12 Mar. 2025.

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video camera

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

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