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Meaning of "portapack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTAPACK

portapack  [ˈpɔːtəˌpæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTAPACK

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determiner
exclamation
Portapack is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PORTAPACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Portapak

A Portapak is a battery powered, self-contained video tape analog recording system that can be carried by one person. Because earlier television cameras were large and relatively immovable, the Portapak made it possible to record video easily outside of the studio. Although it recorded at a lower quality than television studio cameras, the Portapak was adopted by both professionals and amateurs as a new method of video recording. Before Portapak cameras, remote television news footage was routinely photographed on 16mm film and telecined for broadcast. The first portapak system, the Sony Video Rover was introduced to the market in 1967. It was a two-piece set consisting of a black-and-white composite video video camera and a separate record-only helical scan ½" video tape recorder unit. It required a Sony CV series VTR to play back the video. Following Sony’s introduction of the Video Rover, numerous other manufacturers sold their own versions of Portapak technology. Although it was light enough for a single person to carry and use, it was usually operated by a crew of two: one carrying and controlling the camera, and one carrying and operating the VTR.

Definition of portapack in the English dictionary

The definition of portapack in the dictionary is the first portable combined videotape recorder and camera.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTAPACK


backpack
ˈbækˌpæk
bipack
ˈbaɪˌpæk
bratpack
ˈbrætˌpæk
Britpack
ˈbrɪtˌpæk
gopak
ˈɡəʊˌpæk
handy-pack
ˈhændɪˌpæk
hardpack
ˈhɑːdˌpæk
isopach
ˈaɪsəʊˌpæk
manpack
ˈmænˌpæk
mudpack
ˈmʌdˌpæk
multipack
ˈmʌltɪˌpæk
ratpack
ˈrætˌpæk
retropack
ˈrɛtrəʊˌpæk
shoepac
ˈʃuːˌpæk
shoepack
ˈʃuːˌpæk
shrinkpack
ˈʃrɪŋkˌpæk
snowpack
ˈsnəʊˌpæk
tripack
ˈtraɪˌpæk
woolpack
ˈwʊlˌpæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTAPACK

portabello
portability
portable
portably
Portadown
portage
portague
Portakabin
portal
portal frame
portal vein
portal-to-portal
Portaloo
portamenti
portamento
portance
portate
portatile
portative
portative organ

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTAPACK

blister pack
bubble pack
economy pack
face pack
fanny pack
flat pack
flat-pack
go to the pack
ice pack
information pack
jumbo pack
power pack
prepack
press pack
repack
six-pack
starter pack
two-pack
unpack
wolf pack

Synonyms and antonyms of portapack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «portapack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTAPACK

Find out the translation of portapack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of portapack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «portapack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

portapack
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portapack
570 millions of speakers

English

portapack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

portapack
380 millions of speakers
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portapack
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

portapack
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

portapack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

portapack
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Portapack
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Portapack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Portapack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

portapack
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

portapack
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portapack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

portapack
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

portapack
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्टपेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

portapack
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portapack
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

portapack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

portapack
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portapack
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

portapack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

portapack
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

portapack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

portapack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portapack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTAPACK»

The term «portapack» is used very little and occupies the 191.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTAPACK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about portapack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTAPACK»

Discover the use of portapack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portapack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Portapack Systems Set
The systems in this set include: Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, Circulatory, and Digestive. Each double-sided chart includes labeled illustrations and key facts pertaining to the specific system.
Anatomical Chart Company, 2007
2
Crisis on Centaurus
Vhy does the system not use its own independent supply? It vas doing vell enough vithout a portapack vhen it vas shooting at us! Then the ensign realized that the demands on the system at that time were much, much less than they were now.
Brad Ferguson, 2000
3
Made in Brasil: três décadas do vídeo brasileiro
Na época, Jom Tob Azulay colocou à disposição de um grupo de artistas cariocas (Sônia Andrade, Femando Cocchiarale, Anna Bella Geiger e Ivens Machado) um portapack que acabara de trazer dos Estados Unidos. A produção desses ...
Arlindo Machado, 2007
4
Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCR
It was called the Portapack and used open reel tapes that cost $6o for an hour. The unit itself cost $995; the camera cost another $35o and was only capable of black-and-white recording. The Portapack was designed for personal and home  ...
Frederick Wasser, 2009
5
Viewfinding: Perspectives on New Media Curriculum in the Arts
In 1965, Sony introduced the first in its CV5 Portapack series of video systems that included a camera and a separate reel-to-reel,6 black and white, 1/2-inch video tape recorder. A complete system sold for about $3,000 or less. The Sony ...
Cathy Jean Mullen, Janice Rahn, 2010
6
Telecommunication Journal
It has become quite apparent at the Centre that the portapack is a very useful system for outdoor coverage and in several cases is proving to be a better substitute for film. At the same time it must be made clear that there are some distinct ...
‎1977
7
Art Into Theatre: Performance Interviews and Documents
Although there weren't so many images or references in the earlier pieces, these influences were underlying. Then, when I went to ]apan in 1970 — where I bought a portapack — I saw the Noh Theatre. I went with Richard Serra. That had a ...
Nick Kaye, 2013
8
Everyday Innovators: Researching the Role of Users in ...
Marketed in Japan in 1965 and in the United States and Europe in 1966, the Portapack was a technical innovation targeted at the general public both as a “ technological advance” but also as a potential political and artistic source of counter ...
Leslie Haddon, 2006
9
The Documentary Conscience: A Casebook in Film Making
It's the thing I get the most pleasure out of, because now that I own my own portapack, I can do pretty much what I damn please. I've never been able to do that with film because of the cost. What I like about the portapack is that it's a marvelous ...
‎1980
10
AIDS TV: Identity, Community, and Alternative Video
The Portapack Lets Everyone Make TV! In the late 1960s and early 1970s the development of the portapack empowered a range of mediamakers in the First World to make their own video. The relatively low costs of the format, coupled with the ...
Alexandra Juhasz, Catherine Gund, 1995

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTAPACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portapack is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tytler Public School to be reopened
... JK to Grade 6 French immersion centre, which already has six portables and a four-room portapack," states a press release from the board. «Guelph Mercury, Feb 15»
2
Suburban schools dealing with overcrowding
To ease population issues at schools such as Bellmore and Winona, the public board is installing a "portapack" — a semi-permanent cluster of ... «Hamilton Spectator, Feb 15»
3
It Lives: Artists' Television Access Turns Thirty
Imagine the very first “portable” consumer video equipment. Weber describes it as “still bulky. You have a camera, then you had a portapack ... «KQED, Sep 14»
4
Andy Warhol: Experiments With New Media
Although that equipment had to be returned, Warhol acquired his own Sony Portapack in 1970s, and numerous reels produced using that ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
5
Films depict Castro fairs of yore
He and Nikos Diaman, another longtime resident of the city, used a portable camera known as the Panasonic portapack to shoot the footage. «Bay Area Reporter, Sep 13»
6
Flavorwire Interview: Andrew Bujalski on 'Computer Chess' and the …
I had seen some old Sony Portapack footage, particularly some that William Eggleston shot in the '70s, and I fell in love with the camera and ... «Flavorwire, Jul 13»
7
Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera
He has more than 30 years experience in video, first learning to shoot on a “Sony Portapack” and editing on reel-to-reel tape. In addition to ... «TV Technology, Apr 13»
8
Use a Word. Save a Word.
"Ten cent store" (a shop whose price point is a dime) and "Portapack" (the first portable digital recording system, manufactured by Sony) are up ... «Huffington Post, Aug 10»
9
Shigeko Kubota with Phong Bui
In the 1960's Sony invented the Portapack, which was revolutionary; like what you'd just said, film was chemical, but video was more organic. «Brooklyn Rail, Sep 07»

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« EDUCALINGO. Portapack [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portapack>. Apr 2024 ».
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