VIDEO

television, telecasting, TV, video

(noun) 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

video, picture

(noun) the visible part of a television transmission; “they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone”

video

(noun) (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

video (countable and uncountable, plural videos)

Television, television show, movie.

A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.

(dated) VHS.

Usage notes

• Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only. It is also sometimes used in contrast with film to describe all other motion picture formats, such as videotape and digital video.

• The plural videmus is rare and used for humorous effect. It is the first-person plural form of the Latin verb ("we see") in the same way that video is the singular.

Verb

video (third-person singular simple present videoes, present participle videoing, simple past and past participle videoed)

(Britain) To record using a video camera, to videotape

(Britain) To record a television program

Anagrams

• voide

Source: Wiktionary



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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