video camera
Americannoun
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video cameras
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of video camera
1940–45
Example Sentences
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By then, the skies were getting too dark for the video camera to be of much use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
It reminded me of my grandmother, who when I pointed a video camera at her for the first time, she didn’t move because she was thinking I was taking a photo of her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
Her video camera clips and photographs of their times together were shown at the inquiry.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 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
The whole incident was captured on tape by a woman who happened to have a video camera with her.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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