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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For importing to a desktop from an actual digital camera, the situation for Apple Photos is a little more complicated. PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025 With the largest digital camera in the world, scientists will use the Rubin Observatory to create a time-lapse motion picture of the Southern sky. Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 Just like miniskirts and low rise jeans — the digital camera is a trend that has circled back around. Claire Murashima, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024 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. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 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 16 Feb. 2025.

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digital camera

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