a small camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less
Also called: minicam
Word origin
[1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fundamentalism, montage, self-service, ski jump, superpower
Examples of 'miniature camera' in a sentence
miniature camera
He landed a job there - then used a miniature camera fitted to his belt to film the site and record details of its security system.
The Sun (2008)
And it's all too easy to fit a miniature camera into a light fitting or smoke detector.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A miniature camera feeds live video images back to a control panel held by the operator.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Surgeons put a sensory implant in his right eye that links to a miniature camera in his glasses and allows him to see.
The Sun (2015)
The goggles capture images of the outside world with an in-built miniature camera and project them into the user's field of vision.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
First, a miniature camera worn in a pair of dark glasses, which transmits images to a radio receiver implanted near the patient's eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The 100 pen looks like an ordinary ballpoint but a miniature camera under the nib records what officers write down.
The Sun (2006)
Some owners are also fitting miniature cameras to share their adventures.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some do video selfies all the way down to boost their social media profiles, holding miniature cameras on sticks as the world spins round them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His comments are all caught on the microphones and miniature cameras that professional referees now wear.