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noun
a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
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Origin of sound camera

First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use sound camera in a sentence

  • They had a jeep with a sound-camera mounted on it, and were trying to get something for telecast.

    The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper
  • That was one of the things they'd been doing with that jeep-mounted sound-camera, this afternoon, then.

    The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper
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