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 At the retrial, which began in October 1995, one jury, instead of two, would hear the case, no video cameras were allowed in court—and a new team of prosecutors would employ a different strategy. Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024 The constant presence of video cameras can turn our streets and homes into weird panopticons, my colleague Drew Harwell wrote. Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024 For the times when the AI goes wrong, the employees’ score card also links back to the video camera footage for a store manager to manually go through. Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 TikTok video of San Bernardino arrest shows punches, knees to the face; cop under investigation Nov. 30, 2023 Before the flight, Jacob mounted several cameras on the airplane — one pointed at the propeller— and equipped himself with a parachute, video camera and selfie stick. Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023 Tap on the video camera icon at the bottom of the screen to switch from photos to videos. David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024 The incident was captured on the store’s security video cameras. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024 Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker aren’t about to let photographers, video cameras and A-list party guests stop them from packing on the PDA. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024 Datta wanted to move beyond the movements visible to the unaided eye and use video cameras to track and compute whether a rodent avoids an odor (that of predator urine, for instance) or is attracted to it (like the smell of roses). Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

video camera

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

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