webcam
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of webcam
First recorded in 1990–95; (World Wide) Web + cam(era)
Vocabulary lists containing webcam
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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He would leave his webcam on for a full week, three times as long as his previous record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
Female CJ7 was captured on a webcam landing first in the walled garden near Wareham, Dorset, on Wednesday at about 18:30 GMT - male 022 arrived on Thursday at 06:40.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
With the webcam in place, that’s on full display.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
One person “hooked up a webcam to it and was, like, watching their tomato plants grow,” said Boris Cherny, the head of Claude Code.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
Logging on to my YouTube Live account, I adjust the webcam, making sure you can see Abby’s lung drawing directly behind me.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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