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audio-
(word root) hearingExamples of words with the root audio-: audiotape
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au·di·o
(ô′dē-ō′)adj.
1. Of or relating to recorded, transmitted, or reproduced sound.
2. Of or relating to humanly audible sound.
n. pl. au·di·os
1. Recorded or reproduced sound.
2. Audible sound.
3. A sound signal or recording.
4. The part of television or movie equipment that has to do with sound.
[From audio-.]
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audio
(ˈɔːdɪˌəʊ)n (modifier)
1. (Physiology) of or relating to sound or hearing: audio frequency.
2. (Electronics) relating to or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound
3. (General Physics) of, concerned with, or operating at audio frequencies
[C20: independent use of audio-]
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au•di•o
(ˈɔ diˌoʊ)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound.
2. of or pertaining to frequencies or signals in the audible range.
3. designating an electronic apparatus using audio frequencies: audio amplifier.
n. 4.
a. the audio elements of television (disting. from video).
b. the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
5. the field of sound recording, transmission, reception, and reproduction.
[1920–25; audio-]
audio-
a combining form with the meanings “sound within the range of human hearing” (audiometer), “hearing” (audiology), “sound reproduction” (audiophile).
[< Latin audī- (s. of audīre to hear) + -o-]
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| Noun | 1. |  audio - the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials"telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing |
| 2. |  audio - an audible acoustic wave frequency | |
| 3. |  audio - a recording of acoustic signals audiotape - a tape recording of sound phonograph record, phonograph recording, disc, platter, record, disk - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove recording - a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded soundtrack - sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film talking book - sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people | |
| 4. |  audio - the sound elements of television constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" television system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points |
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audio
in cpds → Audio-;audio book
n → Hörbuch nt
audio card
n (Comput) → Soundkarte f
audio cassette
n → Kassette f, → Audiokassette f
audio equipment
audio frequency
n → Hörfrequenz f
audioguide
n → Audioguide m, tragbares Gerät mit Kopfhörer zum Abhören von Infos über Exponate in Museen etc
audio
:audio pollution
n → Lärmbelästigung f
audio response
n (Comput) → Sprachausgabe f
audio typist
n → Phonotypistin f
audiovisual
adj → audiovisuell
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