audioadj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːdɪəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɔdioʊ/,

/ˈɑdioʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: audio- comb. form.

Etymology: < audio- comb. form. Compare later audio n.

Usually attributive.

1. Designating a frequency which for sound is within the range of audibility (between about 20 and 20,000 hertz). Also: having or operating at such a frequency. Cf. audio- comb. form.Recorded earliest in audio signal n. at Compounds.

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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [adjective]

audio1907

1907 Nelson's Encycl. XII. 614/1 The operator then has both the audio signal and the visible tape record from the syphon recorder.

1920 Sci. Amer. 29 May 593/2 The investigation of the properties and phenomena of audio waves and antennas.

1929 K. Henney Princ. Radio xvi. 403 A.-c. voltages are likely to be picked up by the cores of audio transformers if they are near power transformers carrying a.-c. currents.

1946 Milbank Memorial Fund Q. 24 37 The amplifier was one covering the audio range, a Clarion Model A3.

1977 Computer Music Jrnl. 1 46/1 Both waves are simple sinusoids and both are in the audio band.

1989 I. D. Poole Introd. Amateur Radio v. 72 In order to access a repeater it is usual for them to require an audio tone.

1998 G. R. Capelo & R. C. Brenner VCR Troubleshooting & Repair (ed. 3) ix.281/1 A bias trap..is placed in the circuit to stop high-frequency audio bias from being fed back into the record amplifier.

2010 RadioUser Apr. 13/3 Each letter of the Selcal code corresponds to a frequency in the audio range.

a. Having the form of, consisting of, or using recorded, reproduced, or broadcast sound.

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1935 Discovery Sept. 277/2 They are providing ever better products and service to enable the listening public to get more enjoyment from the ‘audio’ programmes..and will be ready to cater for those who wish..to see such ‘video’ items as may become available.

1945 Broadcasting, Telecasting 31 Dec. 22 FM contains in itself almost the whole future of audio broadcasting.

1974 Billboard 23 Nov. 6/2 Fields had willed her his audio library and it had been gathering dust in her attic.

1980 H. Lytton Parent-child Interaction ii. 22 The verbal interaction of the family was recorded..and this audio record was used later to supplement and correct the observer's written record.

2010 New Yorker 9 Aug. 58/2 When I lifted the lid, an audio clip of a woman's voice asked, ‘Are you prepared to suffer to save your son?’

b. Of, relating to, or concerned with the recording, reproduction, or broadcasting of sound. Frequently contrasted with video.

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1937 Discovery Nov. 331 (caption) Audio Transmitter.

1948 Audio Visual Guide 14 7 (title) A brief survey of currently available audio equipment.

1958 Observer 20 Apr. 10/5 A closer understanding between audio engineers and musicians.

1989 PC Mag. (U.K. ed.) July 73/1 To its 20Mbyte hard disc and 720 K 3.5in. floppy drive has been added..an audio output.

1992 IEEE Spectrum Mar. 26/2 The synchronization and multiplexing of multiple compressed audio and video bit streams.

2004 C. Lee Aloft iii. 65 On the main level there's a media room with a widescreen television and every kind of audio component.

2006 Hi Life Issue 5. 56/2 Designed to improve video and audio performance,..this wall support system is part of the new pure carbon fibre range.

3. Of, relating to, or consisting of sound; aural in form; (also) audible. Chiefly paired or contrasted with visual.

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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > [adjective]

acoustic1640

acoustical1803

phonic1823

magneto-acoustic1903

audio1960

1960 Billboard 19 Dec. 24/3 There is only one good voice in the group..so the revue doesn't have as much audio appeal as it did visually.

1978 D. Severance Reach for Sky Gloss. 192 Variometer, a device attached to the hang-glider that signals the pilot by audio or visual means when the craft is ascending or descending.

1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) ii. 34 They had techniques of visual and audio communication that none of us could..even perceive as operating.

1994 Museums Jrnl. Jan. 20/3 At a dozen points in the gallery..interactive computer terminals with touch-screens offer audio and visual information.

2009 New Yorker 6 July 87/3 Twenty-one musicians led groups on ‘soundwalks’ around Brooklyn.., treating the city either as an audio source or as a stage for their work.

Compounds

In sense 2a.

audio amplifier n. Electronics an amplifier designed to amplify signals in the audio-frequency range; spec. one whose output is of sufficient strength for feeding to a loudspeaker.

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1919 J. M. Cork Airplane Antenna Constants 211 The receiving set consisted of a detector tube with grid at positive potential and a three-stage audio-amplifier.

1950 Science 10 Mar. 252/2 A condenser-coupled three-stage amplifier..drove an oscilloscope and, through an audioamplifier, a loudspeaker.

2000 P. Scherz Pract. Electronics for Inventors vii. 245 This circuit can be used to limit overloads within audio amplifiers and as a simple sinewave-to-squarewave converter.

audiobook n. an audio recording of a reading of a book, typically produced for commercial purposes; cf. talking book n. at talking adj. Compounds.

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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > type of

phonogram1878

phonograph record1878

phonautogram1887

re-recording1927

sound picture1928

studio recording1929

talking book1932

wire recording1933

audiobook1942

bootleg1951

music track1953

demo1954

single track1959

soundbite1973

pod2006

1942 Southwest Times (Pulaski, Va.) 11 Aug. 6/2 (advt.) Lost—‘Lifesavers’ audio book..on street.

1960 Billboard 25 Jan. 19/3 (advt.) Audio book of famous poems.

1995 Yorks. Evening Press 20 May 4/1 Each Penguin Audiobook is superbly narrated by well-known celebrities.

2002 Which? Nov. 16/1 Dorothy Hogg chose a tape player because she likes audio books, and these are still in plentiful supply on tape.

2012 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 19 The new service..will allow library members to download their favourite audiobook for free from the library's website.

audio cassette n. a cassette of audiotape.

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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > tape > closed container of

cartridge1960

cassette1960

tape cartridge1961

audio cassette1971

tape cassette1972

digital compact cassette1983

1967 Billboard 22 Apr. 68/5 Audio Magnetics has trademarked its cassette pack the Audio Cassette... The Audio Cassette uses a green leader at the beginning of the program and a red leader at the tail, which the firm claims is a special feature of its design.]

1971 Author 82 114 Instead of increasing investment in new books, or diversifying into audio-cassettes,..they [sc. the publishers] should put their money into the places where the public goes for their wares.

1983 Listener 18 Aug. 34/3 Now you can get a music centre with two audio-cassette heads to facilitate the copying of cassettes as well as discs.

2001 K. Izzo & C. Marsh Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum (2002) 25 Never send scripts, showreels or audio cassettes unless invited to do so; it will only annoy the potential employer.

audio CD n. a compact disc on which a sound recording has been made.

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1984 Billboard 10 Nov. 76/2 Denon's CD-ROM software also employs a unique error detection/correction system, supplementing conventional audio CD correction by a factor of 100.

1998 What Hi-Fi? May 13/2 It's the home entertainment enthusiast's dream machine, able to play audio CDs, video CDs, laserdiscs.

2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 18 Aug. 5 There is hope that the eventual poem might be recorded on to audio CD for posterity.

audio conference n. a form of teleconference in which participants at different locations can hear, but not see, each other.

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1971 U.S. Patent 3,601,530 13/2 To establish an audio conference connection between two or more groups of conferees at remote locations..it is common practice to use voice switching.

1974 J. S. Daniel et al. in 1974 Internat. Conf. Frontiers in Educ. 70 (title) The use of audio conferences (teleconferences) in university administration and teaching.

1990 M. M. Mirabito & B. Morgenstern New Communications Technol. viii. 151/2 An audioconference can be thought of as an extended telephone conversation, but instead of talking with only one person, you may be talking with several.

2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 Jan. b3/3 Wherever I am, I can have a video or audio conference.

audio conferencing n. the practice of holding audio conferences.

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1976 R. R. Panko et al. 1976 Internat. Conf. Communications 2 26-8/1 The satisfaction of communication needs with less capital-intensive services (telephone conferencing, audio conferencing, mail, and so on).

1995 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 23 Sept. 3/2 The students..completed the courses through ‘audio-conferencing’—open phone links to their tutors and other students.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 3 Dec. 33/3 Videoconferencing and audioconferencing services have seen a spike in demand.

audio disc n. (also audio disk) a record or disc (now esp. a compact disc) on which a sound recording has been made.

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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > disc

record1878

audio disc1944

CD1979

compact disc (also disk)1979

laser disc1980

CD-ROM1983

CD-i2009

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc

phonograph record1878

record1878

disc1879

gramophone record1888

title1908

platter1926

phonodisc1929

release1932

wax1932

plate1935

waxing1936

audio disc1944

cut1949

sounds1955

twelve-inch1976

vinyl1976

1944 Billboard 1 Jan. 62/4 Audio Disks have a new local distributor.., with the appointment of the Allied Music and Sales Company to handle this line of cutting disks.

1970 Audio Sept. 96/1 Some experts will..take the view that audio disks made with the new techniques will exchange one set of problems for others.

1983 Fortune 21 Mar. 8/1 The digital audio disc player and its companion, the audio Compact Disc, are arriving in the U.S.

1997 Guardian 4 Dec. i. 21/2 The new Digital Audio Discs (or Super Audio CDs) will reproduce the strengths of analogue LPs on disc.

2001 N.Y. Times 21 Jan. iii. 4/1 More than 320 million writeable CD's were sold last year—mostly for making custom audio discs.

audio file n. (a) a box or similar container for holding and organizing sound recordings in any of various media; (b) Computing a file containing audio data.

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society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > file

data file1895

file1954

audio file1956

disc file1957

computer file1964

doc1986

1956 Sci. Digest Oct. 96/1 Record albums, jackets and individual plastic covers are eliminated by a new record-storage unit... Called the ‘Audio-File,’ it has heavy, self-closing plastic containers.

1962 Datamation June 28/2 Any type of analog data could..be given a digital address and stored in the digital-addressed audio file.

1972 U.S. Patent 3,671,683 3/1 Dictation-transcription unit 3..contains an audio file..utilizing an elongated magnetic media [sic], such as a tape or belt.

1991 SunWorld Dec. 62/1 A GUI for the creation of time-sequenced presentations, which can include raster image files, SPARC audio files, and CD-based audio.

2004 Computer Music (Beginners Special) Apr. 55/2 Hit OK and your track will be bounced to an audio file.

audio frequency n. a frequency between about 20 and 20,000 hertz, which for sound is within the range of audibility; a signal of this frequency; frequently attributive; abbreviated AF.

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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > frequency or band of frequencies

high frequency1842

low frequency1900

voice frequency1905

audio frequency1913

pulsatance1919

medium frequency1920

side frequency1920

intermediate frequency1924

bass1930

frequency1943

frequency spectrum1955

1913 Proc. IRE 1 102 The audio-frequency produced is equal to the difference in the fundamental oscillation frequencies.

1919 Wireless World Nov. 448 An eight valve amplifier, comprising five stages of high-frequency amplification, one stage of rectification, and two stages of audio-frequency amplification.

1943 Electronic Engin. 16 69 No single curve can be taken as universally representative of the distribution of speech energy throughout the audio frequency band.

1959 R. D. Davies & H. P. Palmer Radio Stud. Universe ix. 174 ‘Whistlers’..are groups of radio waves at audio frequencies (15 kc/s).

1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 942/1 A mixer cavity..mixes the reflected energy with a sample of the oscillator signal to produce a resultant audio frequency output.

2003 Electronics World Jan. 45/1 Electrolytics are highly inductive at audio frequencies.

audio guide n. a device providing a recorded commentary relating to a museum, gallery, or other place of interest; (now esp.) a portable device, typically rented or borrowed for the duration of a visit or tour, and often used with earphones; (also) a recording of such a commentary.Earliest in the name of such a device.

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1951 Parks & Recreation 22 Mar. (heading) Audio-Guide solves manpower shortage.

1979 Rotarian Sept. 46/2 The seven Tucson clubs will provide hand-held audio guide units for visitors to the Society's new mine exhibit.

1998 National Trust Mag. Autumn 5/4 On a recent visit to Waddesdon Manor I was pleased to see that audio guides were available.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 May a21/1 A class project at Marymount Manhattan College has produced unofficial audio guides for the Museum of Modern Art and is making them available on the Internet as podcasts.

audio recording n. [compare earlier sound-recording n. and adj. at sound n.³ Compounds 2b(a)(ii)] the action of making a sound recording; (also) a recording of sound; frequently attributive.

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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun]

re-recording1846

recording1898

audio recording1928

prerecording1937

record1950

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > a recording

recording1910

audio recording1928

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun]

take1926

audio recording1928

retake1946

1928 Radio Broadcast Oct. 352/3 The picture and sound may be recorded on the film in one operation, but this entails the complication of forcing the camera men and the audio recording men to work in close proximity.

1939 Abilene (Texas) Reporter News 23 June 13/8 He pointed out that audio recordings make possible laboratory experiments in the country classrooms.

1954 Virginia Law Rev. 40 37 The stenotype..produces written shorthand, but does not in fact do any audio recording.

1991 OnSat 28 July 6/1 There were two new developments in audio recording technology—the Sony MD (Mini Disc) and the Philips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette).

1993 IRAL 31 69 An audio recording of a counselling session.

2009 B. D. Cullity & C. D. Graham Introd. Magn. Materials (ed. 2) xv. 508 Analog audio recording was largely replaced by digital audio recording in the form of the CD.

audio secretary n. a secretary who is a proficient audio typist, or whose duties include audio-typing.

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society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > audio

audio typist1959

audio secretary1965

transcriptionist1977

1965 Times 10 June 1/5 (advt.) Educated audio secretary required by Charity Consultants.

1977 Wandsworth Boro' News 7 Oct. 21/3 (advt.) Solicitors require Audio Secretary for Partner.

1999 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Media section) 51 After secretarial college she joined the company as an audio secretary in the marketing department.

audio signal n. a signal consisting of, carrying, or having the frequency of sound waves, esp. that of a radio or television broadcast.

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1907Audio signal [see sense 1].

1948 Proc. IRE 36 1330/1 In FM (analogue), the amplitude of the audio signal is measured by the radio frequency.

1960 New Scientist 30 June 1659/2 It accepts the binary input and converts this into an audio signal which is transmitted over a single side band radio system.

2007 Future Music Feb. 108 A vocoder uses an audio signal (usually a voice) to modulate a filter.

audio text n. (a) the part of a script, storyboard, etc., that is to be spoken (as opposed to camera or stage directions, or graphic elements); (b) a spoken recording of a piece of writing; spec. a pre-recorded commentary for an audio guide or similar device; (c) an automated electronic system that plays recorded information to a person calling a designated telephone number.

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1950 New Yorker 3 June 78/2 When we begin a television commercial..we rough out the action in a series of pictures on the left side of the page and the audio text on the right.

1960 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 27 Sept. 6/6 The laboratory..improves the student's pronunciation by having him match his voice with the audio text being piped in through his earphones.

1978 H. D. Stolovitch Audiovisual Training Modules 72 Design visuals which are relevant to the message you are trying to get across. The visual and audio text should form a summative combination.

1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 12 May d9 Other newspapers have added ‘audiotext’—readers can dial up a smorgasbord of services such as stock-market information, weather, computerized-voice classifieds.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Dec. v. 9/4 The place [sc. a museum] is beautifully maintained, and the English audio text is informative and interesting.

2011 Frontier Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. Mobile Telecom Group..was founded at the start of the millennium and was the country's first audio text service provider.

audio tour n. a tour of a museum, gallery, or other place of interest, in which a visitor is guided to and informed about exhibits, displays, etc., by recorded audio commentaries, typically by means of an audio guide; (also) = audio guide n.

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1960 Lima (Ohio) News 26 June a6/8 Guidette Manufacturing will produce tape recording apparatus and tape recordings for use in an audio tour program.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 June c18/2 A quarter of the one million visitors to the Museum of Modern Art's Picasso show took audio tours.

1995 Independent on Sunday 5 Feb. 11/2 The audio tour is likely to run through the history of the palace, its architecture and House of Commons procedure.

2005 K. Monaghan Other Orlando (ed. 3) vi. 98 Audio tours of the Visitor Complex are available at the Information counter.

2011 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 Apr. f13 An audio tour..can be downloaded from the park website.

audio-typing n. the typing of letters or documents from recorded dictation.

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society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > manner of

touch-typing1905

audio-typing1959

copy-typing1959

1959 Times 3 Sept. 14/1 [She] has settled into the audio-typing pool after only a few years as a secretary.

1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. viii. 75 By audio-typing methods he can dictate material when he is free.

2000 P. Thompson Voice of Past (ed. 3) viii. 258 Part-time agency audio-typing will either be incomprehensible or prohibitive in cost.

audio typist n. a typist who transcribes letters or other documents from recorded dictation.

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society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > audio

audio typist1959

audio secretary1965

transcriptionist1977

1959 Times 3 Sept. 14/1 Most kinds [of tape-recording machines] enable the employer to dictate letters into a hand microphone... With the help of another machine..an ‘audio-typist’ completes the process.

1984 K. Waterhouse Thinks ix. 77 A dozen or so rows of audio-typists.

2002 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Office hours pages) 12 A couple of years ago, no senior secretary would be seen dead wearing a headset. It carried the suggestion that she was an audiotypist or call-centre worker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	audio
释义	audion. Brit. /ˈɔːdɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɔdioʊ/, /ˈɑdioʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: audio- comb. form. Etymology: < audio- comb. form. Compare earlier audio adj. Sound, esp. when recorded, reproduced, or transmitted; electrical signals representing sound. Also: sound recording and reproduction; equipment concerned with this.In later use frequently contrasted with or paired with video. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > recorded or reproduced sound audio1926 1926 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 119/3 One stage of audio is quite sufficient for ample loud speaker reception. 1934 Wireless World 22 June 426/2 The division between radio and audio at 10 kilocycles is quite arbitrary. 1940 Broadcasting 1 June 32 In addition to video, television employs audio (= sound signals). 1962 Radio-Electronics Dec. 64/3 Audio is recorded on the top edge of the tape. 1979 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 11/4 Blow..with the whistle about an inch from the mouthpiece. This means..that its originator gets a very painful blast of audio. 1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 6/2 (advt.) It's the first stacking system to fully integrate the latest developments in hi-fi audio and video. 1989 J. Gatenby GCSE Computer Stud. ix. 164 The device used to convert binary signals to audio is either a modem..or an acoustic coupler. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 June a5 (advt.) You can even..stream high-quality audio directly from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). audioadj. Brit. /ˈɔːdɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɔdioʊ/, /ˈɑdioʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: audio- comb. form. Etymology: < audio- comb. form. Compare later audio n. Usually attributive. 1. Designating a frequency which for sound is within the range of audibility (between about 20 and 20,000 hertz). Also: having or operating at such a frequency. Cf. audio- comb. form.Recorded earliest in audio signal n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [adjective] audio1907 1907 Nelson's Encycl. XII. 614/1 The operator then has both the audio signal and the visible tape record from the syphon recorder. 1920 Sci. Amer. 29 May 593/2 The investigation of the properties and phenomena of audio waves and antennas. 1929 K. Henney Princ. Radio xvi. 403 A.-c. voltages are likely to be picked up by the cores of audio transformers if they are near power transformers carrying a.-c. currents. 1946 Milbank Memorial Fund Q. 24 37 The amplifier was one covering the audio range, a Clarion Model A3. 1977 Computer Music Jrnl. 1 46/1 Both waves are simple sinusoids and both are in the audio band. 1989 I. D. Poole Introd. Amateur Radio v. 72 In order to access a repeater it is usual for them to require an audio tone. 1998 G. R. Capelo & R. C. Brenner VCR Troubleshooting & Repair (ed. 3) ix.281/1 A bias trap..is placed in the circuit to stop high-frequency audio bias from being fed back into the record amplifier. 2010 RadioUser Apr. 13/3 Each letter of the Selcal code corresponds to a frequency in the audio range. 2. a. Having the form of, consisting of, or using recorded, reproduced, or broadcast sound. ΚΠ 1935 Discovery Sept. 277/2 They are providing ever better products and service to enable the listening public to get more enjoyment from the ‘audio’ programmes..and will be ready to cater for those who wish..to see such ‘video’ items as may become available. 1945 Broadcasting, Telecasting 31 Dec. 22 FM contains in itself almost the whole future of audio broadcasting. 1974 Billboard 23 Nov. 6/2 Fields had willed her his audio library and it had been gathering dust in her attic. 1980 H. Lytton Parent-child Interaction ii. 22 The verbal interaction of the family was recorded..and this audio record was used later to supplement and correct the observer's written record. 2010 New Yorker 9 Aug. 58/2 When I lifted the lid, an audio clip of a woman's voice asked, ‘Are you prepared to suffer to save your son?’ b. Of, relating to, or concerned with the recording, reproduction, or broadcasting of sound. Frequently contrasted with video. ΚΠ 1937 Discovery Nov. 331 (caption) Audio Transmitter. 1948 Audio Visual Guide 14 7 (title) A brief survey of currently available audio equipment. 1958 Observer 20 Apr. 10/5 A closer understanding between audio engineers and musicians. 1989 PC Mag. (U.K. ed.) July 73/1 To its 20Mbyte hard disc and 720 K 3.5in. floppy drive has been added..an audio output. 1992 IEEE Spectrum Mar. 26/2 The synchronization and multiplexing of multiple compressed audio and video bit streams. 2004 C. Lee Aloft iii. 65 On the main level there's a media room with a widescreen television and every kind of audio component. 2006 Hi Life Issue 5. 56/2 Designed to improve video and audio performance,..this wall support system is part of the new pure carbon fibre range. 3. Of, relating to, or consisting of sound; aural in form; (also) audible. Chiefly paired or contrasted with visual. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > [adjective] acoustic1640 acoustical1803 phonic1823 magneto-acoustic1903 audio1960 1960 Billboard 19 Dec. 24/3 There is only one good voice in the group..so the revue doesn't have as much audio appeal as it did visually. 1978 D. Severance Reach for Sky Gloss. 192 Variometer, a device attached to the hang-glider that signals the pilot by audio or visual means when the craft is ascending or descending. 1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) ii. 34 They had techniques of visual and audio communication that none of us could..even perceive as operating. 1994 Museums Jrnl. Jan. 20/3 At a dozen points in the gallery..interactive computer terminals with touch-screens offer audio and visual information. 2009 New Yorker 6 July 87/3 Twenty-one musicians led groups on ‘soundwalks’ around Brooklyn.., treating the city either as an audio source or as a stage for their work. Compounds In sense 2a. audio amplifier n. Electronics an amplifier designed to amplify signals in the audio-frequency range; spec. one whose output is of sufficient strength for feeding to a loudspeaker. ΚΠ 1919 J. M. Cork Airplane Antenna Constants 211 The receiving set consisted of a detector tube with grid at positive potential and a three-stage audio-amplifier. 1950 Science 10 Mar. 252/2 A condenser-coupled three-stage amplifier..drove an oscilloscope and, through an audioamplifier, a loudspeaker. 2000 P. Scherz Pract. Electronics for Inventors vii. 245 This circuit can be used to limit overloads within audio amplifiers and as a simple sinewave-to-squarewave converter. audiobook n. an audio recording of a reading of a book, typically produced for commercial purposes; cf. talking book n. at talking adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > type of phonogram1878 phonograph record1878 phonautogram1887 re-recording1927 sound picture1928 studio recording1929 talking book1932 wire recording1933 audiobook1942 bootleg1951 music track1953 demo1954 single track1959 soundbite1973 pod2006 1942 Southwest Times (Pulaski, Va.) 11 Aug. 6/2 (advt.) Lost—‘Lifesavers’ audio book..on street. 1960 Billboard 25 Jan. 19/3 (advt.) Audio book of famous poems. 1995 Yorks. Evening Press 20 May 4/1 Each Penguin Audiobook is superbly narrated by well-known celebrities. 2002 Which? Nov. 16/1 Dorothy Hogg chose a tape player because she likes audio books, and these are still in plentiful supply on tape. 2012 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 19 The new service..will allow library members to download their favourite audiobook for free from the library's website. audio cassette n. a cassette of audiotape. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > tape > closed container of cartridge1960 cassette1960 tape cartridge1961 audio cassette1971 tape cassette1972 digital compact cassette1983 1967 Billboard 22 Apr. 68/5 Audio Magnetics has trademarked its cassette pack the Audio Cassette... The Audio Cassette uses a green leader at the beginning of the program and a red leader at the tail, which the firm claims is a special feature of its design.] 1971 Author 82 114 Instead of increasing investment in new books, or diversifying into audio-cassettes,..they [sc. the publishers] should put their money into the places where the public goes for their wares. 1983 Listener 18 Aug. 34/3 Now you can get a music centre with two audio-cassette heads to facilitate the copying of cassettes as well as discs. 2001 K. Izzo & C. Marsh Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum (2002) 25 Never send scripts, showreels or audio cassettes unless invited to do so; it will only annoy the potential employer. audio CD n. a compact disc on which a sound recording has been made. ΚΠ 1984 Billboard 10 Nov. 76/2 Denon's CD-ROM software also employs a unique error detection/correction system, supplementing conventional audio CD correction by a factor of 100. 1998 What Hi-Fi? May 13/2 It's the home entertainment enthusiast's dream machine, able to play audio CDs, video CDs, laserdiscs. 2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 18 Aug. 5 There is hope that the eventual poem might be recorded on to audio CD for posterity. audio conference n. a form of teleconference in which participants at different locations can hear, but not see, each other. ΚΠ 1971 U.S. Patent 3,601,530 13/2 To establish an audio conference connection between two or more groups of conferees at remote locations..it is common practice to use voice switching. 1974 J. S. Daniel et al. in 1974 Internat. Conf. Frontiers in Educ. 70 (title) The use of audio conferences (teleconferences) in university administration and teaching. 1990 M. M. Mirabito & B. Morgenstern New Communications Technol. viii. 151/2 An audioconference can be thought of as an extended telephone conversation, but instead of talking with only one person, you may be talking with several. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 Jan. b3/3 Wherever I am, I can have a video or audio conference. audio conferencing n. the practice of holding audio conferences. ΚΠ 1976 R. R. Panko et al. 1976 Internat. Conf. Communications 2 26-8/1 The satisfaction of communication needs with less capital-intensive services (telephone conferencing, audio conferencing, mail, and so on). 1995 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 23 Sept. 3/2 The students..completed the courses through ‘audio-conferencing’—open phone links to their tutors and other students. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 3 Dec. 33/3 Videoconferencing and audioconferencing services have seen a spike in demand. audio disc n. (also audio disk) a record or disc (now esp. a compact disc) on which a sound recording has been made. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > disc record1878 audio disc1944 CD1979 compact disc (also disk)1979 laser disc1980 CD-ROM1983 CD-i2009 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc phonograph record1878 record1878 disc1879 gramophone record1888 title1908 platter1926 phonodisc1929 release1932 wax1932 plate1935 waxing1936 audio disc1944 cut1949 sounds1955 twelve-inch1976 vinyl1976 1944 Billboard 1 Jan. 62/4 Audio Disks have a new local distributor.., with the appointment of the Allied Music and Sales Company to handle this line of cutting disks. 1970 Audio Sept. 96/1 Some experts will..take the view that audio disks made with the new techniques will exchange one set of problems for others. 1983 Fortune 21 Mar. 8/1 The digital audio disc player and its companion, the audio Compact Disc, are arriving in the U.S. 1997 Guardian 4 Dec. i. 21/2 The new Digital Audio Discs (or Super Audio CDs) will reproduce the strengths of analogue LPs on disc. 2001 N.Y. Times 21 Jan. iii. 4/1 More than 320 million writeable CD's were sold last year—mostly for making custom audio discs. audio file n. (a) a box or similar container for holding and organizing sound recordings in any of various media; (b) Computing a file containing audio data. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > file data file1895 file1954 audio file1956 disc file1957 computer file1964 doc1986 1956 Sci. Digest Oct. 96/1 Record albums, jackets and individual plastic covers are eliminated by a new record-storage unit... Called the ‘Audio-File,’ it has heavy, self-closing plastic containers. 1962 Datamation June 28/2 Any type of analog data could..be given a digital address and stored in the digital-addressed audio file. 1972 U.S. Patent 3,671,683 3/1 Dictation-transcription unit 3..contains an audio file..utilizing an elongated magnetic media [sic], such as a tape or belt. 1991 SunWorld Dec. 62/1 A GUI for the creation of time-sequenced presentations, which can include raster image files, SPARC audio files, and CD-based audio. 2004 Computer Music (Beginners Special) Apr. 55/2 Hit OK and your track will be bounced to an audio file. audio frequency n. a frequency between about 20 and 20,000 hertz, which for sound is within the range of audibility; a signal of this frequency; frequently attributive; abbreviated AF. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > frequency or band of frequencies high frequency1842 low frequency1900 voice frequency1905 audio frequency1913 pulsatance1919 medium frequency1920 side frequency1920 intermediate frequency1924 bass1930 frequency1943 frequency spectrum1955 1913 Proc. IRE 1 102 The audio-frequency produced is equal to the difference in the fundamental oscillation frequencies. 1919 Wireless World Nov. 448 An eight valve amplifier, comprising five stages of high-frequency amplification, one stage of rectification, and two stages of audio-frequency amplification. 1943 Electronic Engin. 16 69 No single curve can be taken as universally representative of the distribution of speech energy throughout the audio frequency band. 1959 R. D. Davies & H. P. Palmer Radio Stud. Universe ix. 174 ‘Whistlers’..are groups of radio waves at audio frequencies (15 kc/s). 1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 942/1 A mixer cavity..mixes the reflected energy with a sample of the oscillator signal to produce a resultant audio frequency output. 2003 Electronics World Jan. 45/1 Electrolytics are highly inductive at audio frequencies. audio guide n. a device providing a recorded commentary relating to a museum, gallery, or other place of interest; (now esp.) a portable device, typically rented or borrowed for the duration of a visit or tour, and often used with earphones; (also) a recording of such a commentary.Earliest in the name of such a device. ΚΠ 1951 Parks & Recreation 22 Mar. (heading) Audio-Guide solves manpower shortage. 1979 Rotarian Sept. 46/2 The seven Tucson clubs will provide hand-held audio guide units for visitors to the Society's new mine exhibit. 1998 National Trust Mag. Autumn 5/4 On a recent visit to Waddesdon Manor I was pleased to see that audio guides were available. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 May a21/1 A class project at Marymount Manhattan College has produced unofficial audio guides for the Museum of Modern Art and is making them available on the Internet as podcasts. audio recording n. [compare earlier sound-recording n. and adj. at sound n.³ Compounds 2b(a)(ii)] the action of making a sound recording; (also) a recording of sound; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] re-recording1846 recording1898 audio recording1928 prerecording1937 record1950 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > a recording recording1910 audio recording1928 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] take1926 audio recording1928 retake1946 1928 Radio Broadcast Oct. 352/3 The picture and sound may be recorded on the film in one operation, but this entails the complication of forcing the camera men and the audio recording men to work in close proximity. 1939 Abilene (Texas) Reporter News 23 June 13/8 He pointed out that audio recordings make possible laboratory experiments in the country classrooms. 1954 Virginia Law Rev. 40 37 The stenotype..produces written shorthand, but does not in fact do any audio recording. 1991 OnSat 28 July 6/1 There were two new developments in audio recording technology—the Sony MD (Mini Disc) and the Philips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette). 1993 IRAL 31 69 An audio recording of a counselling session. 2009 B. D. Cullity & C. D. Graham Introd. Magn. Materials (ed. 2) xv. 508 Analog audio recording was largely replaced by digital audio recording in the form of the CD. audio secretary n. a secretary who is a proficient audio typist, or whose duties include audio-typing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > audio audio typist1959 audio secretary1965 transcriptionist1977 1965 Times 10 June 1/5 (advt.) Educated audio secretary required by Charity Consultants. 1977 Wandsworth Boro' News 7 Oct. 21/3 (advt.) Solicitors require Audio Secretary for Partner. 1999 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Media section) 51 After secretarial college she joined the company as an audio secretary in the marketing department. audio signal n. a signal consisting of, carrying, or having the frequency of sound waves, esp. that of a radio or television broadcast. ΚΠ 1907Audio signal [see sense 1]. 1948 Proc. IRE 36 1330/1 In FM (analogue), the amplitude of the audio signal is measured by the radio frequency. 1960 New Scientist 30 June 1659/2 It accepts the binary input and converts this into an audio signal which is transmitted over a single side band radio system. 2007 Future Music Feb. 108 A vocoder uses an audio signal (usually a voice) to modulate a filter. audio text n. (a) the part of a script, storyboard, etc., that is to be spoken (as opposed to camera or stage directions, or graphic elements); (b) a spoken recording of a piece of writing; spec. a pre-recorded commentary for an audio guide or similar device; (c) an automated electronic system that plays recorded information to a person calling a designated telephone number. ΚΠ 1950 New Yorker 3 June 78/2 When we begin a television commercial..we rough out the action in a series of pictures on the left side of the page and the audio text on the right. 1960 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 27 Sept. 6/6 The laboratory..improves the student's pronunciation by having him match his voice with the audio text being piped in through his earphones. 1978 H. D. Stolovitch Audiovisual Training Modules 72 Design visuals which are relevant to the message you are trying to get across. The visual and audio text should form a summative combination. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 12 May d9 Other newspapers have added ‘audiotext’—readers can dial up a smorgasbord of services such as stock-market information, weather, computerized-voice classifieds. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Dec. v. 9/4 The place [sc. a museum] is beautifully maintained, and the English audio text is informative and interesting. 2011 Frontier Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. Mobile Telecom Group..was founded at the start of the millennium and was the country's first audio text service provider. audio tour n. a tour of a museum, gallery, or other place of interest, in which a visitor is guided to and informed about exhibits, displays, etc., by recorded audio commentaries, typically by means of an audio guide; (also) = audio guide n. ΚΠ 1960 Lima (Ohio) News 26 June a6/8 Guidette Manufacturing will produce tape recording apparatus and tape recordings for use in an audio tour program. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 June c18/2 A quarter of the one million visitors to the Museum of Modern Art's Picasso show took audio tours. 1995 Independent on Sunday 5 Feb. 11/2 The audio tour is likely to run through the history of the palace, its architecture and House of Commons procedure. 2005 K. Monaghan Other Orlando (ed. 3) vi. 98 Audio tours of the Visitor Complex are available at the Information counter. 2011 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 Apr. f13 An audio tour..can be downloaded from the park website. audio-typing n. the typing of letters or documents from recorded dictation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > manner of touch-typing1905 audio-typing1959 copy-typing1959 1959 Times 3 Sept. 14/1 [She] has settled into the audio-typing pool after only a few years as a secretary. 1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. viii. 75 By audio-typing methods he can dictate material when he is free. 2000 P. Thompson Voice of Past (ed. 3) viii. 258 Part-time agency audio-typing will either be incomprehensible or prohibitive in cost. audio typist n. a typist who transcribes letters or other documents from recorded dictation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > audio audio typist1959 audio secretary1965 transcriptionist1977 1959 Times 3 Sept. 14/1 Most kinds [of tape-recording machines] enable the employer to dictate letters into a hand microphone... With the help of another machine..an ‘audio-typist’ completes the process. 1984 K. Waterhouse Thinks ix. 77 A dozen or so rows of audio-typists. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Office hours pages) 12 A couple of years ago, no senior secretary would be seen dead wearing a headset. It carried the suggestion that she was an audiotypist or call-centre worker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : audio-comb. form < n.1926adj.1907 see also
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