video camera

noun

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

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Then, build a video camera with a flap that opens for filming and a television complete with an antenna. Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 The system of scanners and video cameras in each store is also incredibly expensive. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024 Joining other Southern California municipalities, Orange has announced plans to add dozens of license plate readers and video cameras to its streets in an effort to catch criminals traveling through the city. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024 One reason people might be seeing more of the wild cats is a proliferation of security video cameras is picking up mountain lions on previously incognito travels, Blue said. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2024 Facial recognition software, Internet monitoring, and ubiquitous video cameras give the impression that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has finally accomplished the dictator’s dream of building a surveillance state like the one imagined in George Orwell’s 1984. Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024 Aircraft cockpits may one day contain a new generation of recording devices: video cameras. Gregory Wallace, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024 The previous day, Barnett had been on a roll as a video camera recorded the event. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024 The goal, says Matt Snelson, a police captain at the Fremont Police Department, is to use the drone’s onboard video camera to gather vital information before emergency responders reach the scene. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2024

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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 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

video camera

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

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