digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film

Examples of digital camera in a Sentence

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In the area of the tree line where the suspect was seen, agents found a digital camera, two bags, including a backpack, and a loaded SKS-style 7.62x39 caliber rifle with a scope, according to the complaint. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024 The agent fired at Routh, who sped away before being stopped by officials in a neighboring county, leaving behind a loaded rifle, digital camera, a backpack and a reusable shopping bag that was hanging from a chain-link fence. Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024 The concept of a film shot largely in a car, lit by the natural light of the city (and some phosphorus paper), elicits the image of the type of run-and-gun, light-on-its-feet production that digital camera companies had promised filmmakers. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024 When the moths start to overwhelm the sheet, on which Manis has drawn mini grids, the researchers begin photographing them with a digital camera. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for digital camera 

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digital camera was in 1976

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“Digital camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20camera. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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digital camera

noun
: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film
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