minicam
AmericanEtymology
Origin of minicam
1935–40; mini(ature) or mini- + cam(era) 1
Example Sentences
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In this era of world leadership, the metal detector is the altar and the minicam may be god.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then there was the old man of the boards, Ronald Reagan, a show business artifact whose time has come round again through video tape and the minicam.
From Time Magazine Archive
Public figures rarely have that aplomb: when someone abruptly turns on the light and catches them, they bunk in astonishment and guilt or reach their palms out desperately to cover the lens of the minicam.
From Time Magazine Archive
A TV chopper reporter dies In the gizmo-fancying world of local TV news, the helicopter rivals the minicam as the novelty of the moment.
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Later the networks brought the minicam to the locker room.
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