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gun camera

noun

an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.

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Origin of gun camera

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby gun camera

gun, guna, gunboat, gunboat diplomacy, gun brig, gun camera, gun carriage, gun control, guncotton, gun crew, gun deck
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Example sentences from the Web for gun camera

  • He swung the gun-camera, and a flash from another gun showed him that he would miss.

    Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

  • It was what he'd seen when the flashbulb of his gun-camera went off.

    Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster