video camera

noun

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

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

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Not just the trailer — which contained surgical instruments, video cameras, and detailed torture devices — but also Ray’s personal writings, which KRQE reported included entries describing assaults on as many as 60 women over several years. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025 Both phones share equivalent video cameras. PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 Multiple video cameras captured the dynamic choreo on giant screens behind the stage as McRae and her entourage danced with canes, strutted down a catwalk, seductively gyrated on moving platforms, and even pole-danced. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025 All three were shot in the head, and the killings were caught by video cameras inside the home in the 200 block of 94th Avenue Northwest. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

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video camera

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

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