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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In the 1970s, one of its own engineers invented the digital camera. Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Even through the metallic glow of my phone screen, the energy felt feral and somewhat romantic, a blur of cropped T-shirts, digital camera flashes, and college students climbing trees or lampposts under the setting sun. Ashliene McMenamy, Allure, 17 May 2025 As the socialite was posing in front of the cameras, draped in nothing but barely-there pearls, Kris made sure to get behind-the-scenes content of the shoot with a digital camera of her own. Angel Saunders, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025 The world's largest digital camera will shoot a 10-year time-lapse of the universe, taking a high-resolution image every 39 seconds. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 May 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 13 Jun. 2025.

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digital camera

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