Videotape definition
A relatively wide magnetic tape used to record visual images and associated sound for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
noun
A magnetic tape on which electronic impulses, as of the video and audio portions of a TV program, can be recorded for later playing.
noun
A video recording on videotape.
noun
noun
To record (an event, for example) on videotape.
verb
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To make a recording on videotape.
verb
To record on videotape.
verb
A magnetic tape used for recording full-animation video images. The most widely used videotape format was the 1/2" VHS cassette. VHS made earlier videotape formats obsolete for both entertainment and training, but it too, became obsolete after DVDs became popular. See VHS.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
videotape
Plural:
videotapes