Word Study
video
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun video has 4 senses
- video(n = noun.communication) picture - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" is a part of telecasting, television, tv, video
- video(n = noun.artifact) video recording - a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program); Array is a kind of recording
- video(n = noun.communication) Array - (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display; Array is a kind of visual communication
- video(n = noun.communication) telecasting, television, tv - 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" is a kind of broadcasting
is a kind of visual communication
has particulars: videocassette, videotape
has parts: picture, video, audio, sound
has particulars: cable, cable television, hdtv, high-definition television
OXFORD DICTIONARY
video, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 relating to the recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of visual images on magnetic tape.
2 relating to the broadcasting of television pictures.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 the process of recording, reproducing, or broadcasting visual images on magnetic tape.
2 the visual element of television broadcasts.
3 colloq. = video recorder.
4 a film etc. recorded on a videotape.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) make a video recording of.
--adj.
1 relating to the recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of visual images on magnetic tape.
2 relating to the broadcasting of television pictures.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 the process of recording, reproducing, or broadcasting visual images on magnetic tape.
2 the visual element of television broadcasts.
3 colloq. = video recorder.
4 a film etc. recorded on a videotape.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) make a video recording of.
Idiom
video cassette a cassette of videotape. video frequency a frequency in the range used for video signals in television. video game a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen. video nasty colloq. an explicitly horrific or pornographic video film. video (or video cassette) recorder an apparatus for recording and playing videotapes. video signal a signal containing information for producing a television image.
Etymology
L videre see, after AUDIO
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