webcam
or Web·cam
[ web-kam ]
noun
a digital camera whose images are transmitted, often in real time, over the World Wide Web.
Origin of webcam
1First recorded in 1990–95; (World Wide) Web + cam(era)
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How to use webcam in a sentence
Despite its bevy of young girls waiting patiently on their webcams, GameCrush.com doesn't want to be perceived as a sex-cam site.
“No amateur can do this with Webcams,” director Tom Sridix notes.
British Dictionary definitions for webcam
webcam
/ (ˈwɛbˌkæm) /
noun
a camera that transmits still or moving images over the internet
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