audio-visualadj.n.
/ˌɔːdɪəʊˈvɪʒʊ(ə)l/, /ˌɔːdɪəʊˈvɪzjʊ(ə)l/, /ˌɔːdɪəʊˈvɪʒ(ᵿ)l/, /ˌɔːdɪəʊˈvɪzj(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌɔdioʊˈvɪʒ(ə)wəl/, /ˌɔdioʊˈvɪʒ(ə)l/, /ˌɑdioʊˈvɪʒ(ə)wəl/, /ˌɑdioʊˈvɪʒ(ə)l/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or involving both sight and sound; esp. (of educational equipment or material) using both visual images and sound in order to aid understanding.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [adjective] > of teaching aids > audio-visual aid
audio-visual1902
1902 Jrnl. Childhood & Adolescence Oct. 254 During the whole of school life the audio-visual memory is stronger than either the auditory or visual.
1937 M. E. Townsend & A. G. Stewart (title) Audio-visual aids for teachers.
1964 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Aug. (Back to School & College section) 22/3 The central resource area will house the library, audio visual equipment and a science center.
1970 D. Bergen in Americana Ann. 420 Multimedia information centers with print and audiovisual materials.
1995 N. Negroponte Being Digital (1996) xvi. 199 Until the computer, the technology for teaching was limited to audiovisual devices and distance learning by television.
2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales v. 183/2 An audio-visual presentation explains the history of whisky making through the ages.
B. n.
In plural. Equipment or materials which use both visual images and sound.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for
register1681
registrer1831
audio-visuals1946
1946 Sci. Teacher Oct. 23/2 Manuscripts and questions may be sent to the Audio-Visuals in Science Editor, care of this publication.
1948 J. M. Shaw in G. Griswold & D. Griswold Your Public Relations xxiv. 449 The public relations tools variously referred to as films, displays, exhibits, and the like, and hereinafter called audio-visuals.
1972 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. iv. 7 The curriculum has begun to draw fire, mainly because of the realistic audio-visuals.
1988 Jrnl. Refugee Stud. 1 174 Print a news sheet, put up notices, use audio-visuals.
2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 18 Sept. d1/3 (caption) Thousands of books, audio visuals and paper ephemera..will be for sale at the American Red Cross Annual Book Fair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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