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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Sitting atop a 2,682-meter-tall (8,800-feet-tall) mountain in Chile, the telescope houses the world’s largest digital camera and will image the entire sky every three days. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 There was even enough room leftover for my toiletries, makeup, and my digital camera and e-reader. Jordyn Burrell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 One senior, with a digital camera around her neck, documented the interactions of her peers' last year in school. Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025 But a team of scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which holds the world's largest digital camera, has previously said that advances in asteroid detection will allow for better detection of mini-moons. Tom Brown, Space.com, 21 Sep. 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 10 Oct. 2025.

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digital camera

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