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 Narrow pipes of four and six inches were used to send food, medicines, oxygen and even a video camera to make visual communication with the workers, who were trapped after a landslide tumbled onto the ongoing construction project on Nov. 12. Shams Irfan, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023 Now, with millions of people carrying phones that have video cameras, the aftermath isn’t good enough. David Bauder, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023 In a small concession to modernity (not to mention content creation), a couple of GoPros and video cameras with long telephoto lenses also dotted the car and track to provide more scientific documentation. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023 Conventional movies are made one scene at a time, with each instant captured as a frame with video cameras. Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023 Navarro conceded the sight captured by video cameras was not pretty. Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023 Shortly afterward, Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, sent drones to disable some of the Israeli military’s cellular communications stations and surveillance towers along the border, preventing the duty officers from monitoring the area remotely with video cameras. Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023 The invention combines the functionality of a lightbulb and a live video camera in one perfect spying tech device. Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023 When a Reuters reporter picked up his video camera and tried to get away, Woods chased him. Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023 See More

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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 8 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

video camera

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

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