miniature camera
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of miniature camera
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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A tube of lipstick hiding a miniature camera, issued to female K.G.B. spies during the 1970s.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023
The surgeon uses small incisions to place a miniature camera and surgical tools that are controlled with a robotic-assisted surgical device.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022
“Albums suck. Albums are just miniature camera rolls,” he says.
From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2021
For example, Lindquist uncovered footage of Andemariam Beyene undergoing bronchoscopies, the procedure in which doctors view a patient's airways with a miniature camera.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2016
Under cover of a rock and some dwarf birches, I crept ahead on hands and knees, with a miniature camera at the ready.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis
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