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
Elphick said a night vision video camera had been put in place to protect the statue.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
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 found a guy with a video camera sleeping outside my house in Encino one day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
First, Dad’s video camera wasn’t one of the newer models, so the picture was lousy when it was dark outside.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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