video tape









video tape


noun

  1. magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).

verb (used with object), vid·e·o·taped, vid·e·o·tap·ing.

  1. to record (programs, etc.) on videotape.

noun

  1. magnetic tape used mainly for recording the vision and sound signals of a television programme or film for subsequent transmission

verb video-tape

  1. to record (a programme, film, etc) on video tape
n.

1953, from video + tape (n.). The verb is 1958, from the noun. Related: Videotaped; videotaping.

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