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minicam

American  
[min-ee-kam] / ˈmɪn iˌkæm /
Also minicamera

noun

  1. Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.

  2. Photography. miniature camera.


Etymology

Origin of minicam

1935–40; mini(ature) or mini- + cam(era) 1

Example Sentences

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And then there was the old man of the boards, Ronald Reagan, a show business artifact whose time has come round again through video tape and the minicam.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, a minicam crew stalks tourists, trying to find someone wearing a Broncos feed cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later the networks brought the minicam to the locker room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its enthusiasts support some 300 special attachments and have produced a shelf of books, several candid-camera tradepapers, and a name: minicam.

From Time Magazine Archive

Public figures rarely have that aplomb: when someone abruptly turns on the light and catches them, they bunk in astonishment and guilt or reach their palms out desperately to cover the lens of the minicam.

From Time Magazine Archive

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