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Synonyms

video camera

American  
[vid-ee-oh-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌkæm ər ə, -ˌkæm rə /
Or videocamera

noun

  • video cameras
    plural
  1. a handheld or mounted portable camera intended for recording moving images in digital memory or on videotape.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of video camera

1940–45


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“It’s so intimidating to walk through here,” says an arena staffer as she scurries under the sight line of a video camera on a tall tripod.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

It isn’t the first time we’ve seen the power that comes when almost everyone has a video camera in his or her pocket—thanks to the success of the iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Patients then put on glasses with a built-in video camera.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

After surgery, patients use augmented-reality glasses equipped with a video camera linked to a pocket-sized computer with a zoom feature worn at the waist.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025

I shuddered to think what that creepy Luno might have done if he’d caught Abbey sneaking around with the video camera.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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