often capitalized
: a camera used in transmitting live images over the World Wide Web
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After a brief montage of filming on the set, the video cut to a split screen of Chu and Erivo talking via webcam.
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Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
The accompanying webcam is just as premium, thanks to a superb 9-megapixel sensor that puts 1080p cameras to shame.
—PCMAG, 5 May 2024
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Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
The accompanying webcam is just as premium, thanks to a superb 9-megapixel sensor that puts 1080p cameras to shame.
—PCMAG, 5 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for webcam
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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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