digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film

Examples of digital camera in a Sentence

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After more than two decades of planning and building, the world's largest digital camera at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile has snapped its first imagery – from test observations spanning a 10-hour window. Paul Ridden june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2025 After the photons bounce among Rubin’s mirrors, their final stop before being transformed into data is the world’s largest digital camera. Michael Jones McKean, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025 Millions of stars and galaxies fill a dreamy cosmic landscape in the first-ever images released from a new astronomical observatory with the largest digital camera in the world. Denise Chow, NBC news, 23 June 2025 Within the observatory is a powerful 8.4-meter telescope, which has the largest digital camera ever built. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for digital camera

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First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digital camera was in 1976

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“Digital camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20camera. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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digital camera

noun
: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film
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