videotape means A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.
Etymology
From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.
noun
- A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
- Synonym of videocassette (“cassette containing videotape”).
verb
- to make a recording of something on videotape
- To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.