often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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Indianapolis and Indiana road conditions Check road conditions, including road closures, crashes and live webcams using Indiana's online Trafficwise map at 511in.org, or visit our gridlock guide page for live traffic cams and more.
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the 1080p webcam over the display offers average video quality and a sliding privacy shutter.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
All of this takes place on Ice Cube’s computer screen, or often Microsoft Zoom meetings or Ice Cube’s webcam that show his hilarious reactions to everything going on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Not from glossy magazines or TV networks, but from bedrooms, webcams, and early iterations of social media networks.
—Alexandra Jane, Essence, 31 July 2025
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the 1080p webcam over the display offers average video quality and a sliding privacy shutter.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
All of this takes place on Ice Cube’s computer screen, or often Microsoft Zoom meetings or Ice Cube’s webcam that show his hilarious reactions to everything going on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Not from glossy magazines or TV networks, but from bedrooms, webcams, and early iterations of social media networks.
—Alexandra Jane, Essence, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for webcam
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“Webcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcam. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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webcam
noun
web·cam
ˈweb-ˌkam 
often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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