video tape

noun [C or U] COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

› a long thin strip of magnetic material on which images and sounds can be recorded, now mainly replaced by other types of electronic recording

videotape verb [T] › The interviews were videotaped.

(Definition of video tape noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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