AUDIOVISUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does audiovisual mean? 

• AUDIOVISUAL (noun)
  The noun AUDIOVISUAL has 1 sense:

1. materials using sight or sound to present information

  Familiarity information: AUDIOVISUAL used as a noun is very rare.

• AUDIOVISUAL (adjective)
  The adjective AUDIOVISUAL has 1 sense:

1. involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids)

  Familiarity information: AUDIOVISUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUDIOVISUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Materials using sight or sound to present information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

audiovisual; audiovisual aid

Context example:

language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals

Hypernyms ("audiovisual" is a kind of...):

teaching aid (materials and equipment used in teaching)

Derivation:

audiovisual (involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids))

• AUDIOVISUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the school's audiovisual department

Pertainym:

audiovisual aid (materials using sight or sound to present information)

Derivation:

audiovisual (materials using sight or sound to present information)

 Context examples 

The Art Services Shared Resource supports Cancer Center members by providing advice, customized design, and reproduction services to meet the needs of individual scientists, departments and educational programs for art, computer-imaging, graphics and photography services, including needs for scientific publications and presentations, printing, and audiovisual media.

(Illustration Graphic Art Publication and Audiovisual Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)