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audio-visual

 
Dictionary: au·di·o-vis·u·al  au·di·o·vis·u·al (ô'dē-ō-vĭzh'ū-əl)
also adj.
  1. Both audible and visible.
  2. (Abbr. AV) Of or relating to materials, such as films and tape recordings, that present information in audible and pictorial form: a corporation's audio-visual department.
n.
An aid, other than printed matter, that uses sight or sound to present information: language tapes, videocassettes, and other audio-visuals.


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(1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and speakers. The term originally meant "audio/visual." See also antivirus.

(2) See antivirus.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Involving both sight and hearing.

pronunciation Most movies involve audiovisual technology.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - audio-visuel
n. - audio-visuelt virkemiddel

Français (French)
adj. - audiovisuel
n. - audiovisuel, (support/méthode) audiovisuelle

Deutsch (German)
adj. - audiovisuell
n. - audiovisuelle Vorführung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οπτικο-ακουστικός

Italiano (Italian)
audiovisivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - audiovisual (m)

Русский (Russian)
Word not found.^,┴:di╚uv`i╔u╚l*

Español (Spanish)
adj. - relativo a un audiovisual
n. - audiovisual

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - audivisuell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
视听的, 视听教学的, 视听设备, 视听教材

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 視聽的, 視聽教學的
n. - 視聽設備, 視聽教材

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 시청각의
n. - 시청각 교육 기구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 視聴覚教具
adj. - 視聴覚の, 視聴覚教具の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חזותי-שמיעתי, אורקולי‬
n. - ‮ברבים: עזרי-למידה חזותיים-שמיעתיים (סרטים וכו')‬


 
 

 

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