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video camera

noun

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

Examples of video camera in a Sentence

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Amazon is slashing prices on electronics, including 50 percent off a Ring Doorbell that not only notifies you when people are at your door, but also has a video camera for extra security. Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025 The output generated by a video camera equipped with an event sensor is not a sequence of images but rather a continuous stream of individual pixel data, generated and transmitted based on changes happening in the scene. Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025 An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged after law enforcement found a video camera recording people in a Northern Colorado college bathroom. Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025 Both phones share equivalent video cameras. PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 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 Dec. 2025.

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video camera

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

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