webcams

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of webcam.

   The office installed new webcams in every conference room before the launch.

   Cheap webcams often struggle in low light, producing grainy footage.

   Note

   A regular plural that shares its spelling with the verb form, so position does the sorting. After a determiner or adjective it names cameras (two new webcams). After a subject it names an action (she webcams in). The noun still carries its origin in its name: these were cameras viewed over the World Wide Web, though today their output travels over any computer network.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of webcam.

   My sister webcams into the family dinner whenever she's traveling abroad.

   The streamer webcams live to thousands of viewers each evening.

   Note

   Two constructions share this form. Without an object it means joining a video call, as when someone webcams into a family dinner. With an object it means filming and broadcasting something, as when a zoo webcams its nesting falcons. Because the verb is built on the camera, the transitive use implies a live feed watched in real time, not a recording kept for later.

   The museum webcams its nesting falcons around the clock.

   Every Saturday he webcams the match from the stands for friends overseas.

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