digital camera
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of digital camera
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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The flash of a digital camera went off like a strobe as Yair Lopez documented his friends before their night at an afterparty.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Next to “Bestbuy,” the list mentioned a digital camera and USB drive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Located high in the Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory houses the world's most powerful digital camera.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025
Given that a digital camera is now in most every pocket, queer photography’s bracing fusion of the personal and the exotic is pretty threadbare, since exoticism no longer applies to being queer in American life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
He holds a digital camera up to his eye and says, "Smile!"
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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