digital camera

noun

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

Examples of digital camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s because the mechanics of a digital camera are not designed to last more than a handful of years, and because the technology in digital cameras evolves much more quickly. Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 11 July 2024 In 2015, Josh Sisk, a freelance photographer in Baltimore, picked up a new Fujifilm X100S digital camera for thirteen hundred dollars. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024 The digital camera improvement curve represented the ongoing increase of megapixels in smartphone cameras. Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024 Thats Affordable Using a digital camera is a trend that’s coming back, and for good reason. Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for digital camera 

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Word History

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 26 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

digital camera

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