webcast

noun

web·​cast ˈweb-ˌkast How to pronounce webcast (audio)
often capitalized
: a transmission of sound and images (as of an event) via the World Wide Web
webcast verb often capitalized
webcaster noun often capitalized

Examples of webcast in a Sentence

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But a little more than eight minutes after liftoff, telemetry shown on SpaceX's live webcast indicated four of the six engines had prematurely shut down. William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025 Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said during the landing webcast. Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2025 The next edition of the Clock will be revealed Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST on a live webcast. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 The upper stage, meanwhile, appeared to fly normally until a telemetry display on SpaceX's webcast indicated that one of the ship's six engines shut off more than seven minutes after liftoff. Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for webcast

Word History

Etymology

World Wide Web + broadcast

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of webcast was in 1995

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“Webcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webcast. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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