videotape

Etymology

video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.

noun

  1. A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

verb

  1. to make a recording of something on videotape
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

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