video camera

noun

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

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

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The chip will be wirelessly connected to an external video camera and implanted into the brain’s visual cortex. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2025 The proliferation of cheap digital video cameras helped usher in the indie-film explosion of the late 1990s. Nick Geisler, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025 Graf will decide whether video cameras are allowed in the courtroom during the trial early next year. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2025 All but one video camera in Epstein’s unit was recording at the time of his death — and portions of that recording went missing. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 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 4 Jan. 2026.

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video camera

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

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