Telecopter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Telecopter is a noun meaning A helicopter used by a television news channel to gather footage.
Meaning
A helicopter used by a television news channel to gather footage.
Example Sentences
The angle came from a helicopter—KTLA-TV’s “telecopter” was the first of its kind. The utility of the Korean War–vintage Bell 47G-5 with the camera affixed to its belly had so far been mostly prurient: shots of the swimming pool where Marlon Brando’s maid had drowned; of the well that swallowed a darling little girl; of movie stars’ mansions being devoured by brush fires in the Hollywood hills.
Word Forms
- telecopters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include telejournalism, telejournalist, telebroadcaster, telecamera, televiewer, telebroadcast.
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