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audiovisual

audiovisual

5 3.7
Involving both sight and sound for teaching or presentations
  • adjective
  • /ˌɔːdiəʊˈvɪʒuəl/
translation icon : audiovisual
  • The teacher prepared an audiovisual presentation that combined images and sound to engage the students.
  • audiovisual materials
  • audiovisual aids
  • audiovisual instruction

Examples

  • Introduce new online, print, and audiovisual resources that museums make available.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Libraries and archives face many technical challenges in preserving photographic and audiovisual materials.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Do you know where the audiovisual booth is ?

  • A variety of reading and audiovisual aids need to be used as information sources.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The Jefferson County School System provided the audiovisual equipment needed for presentations.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The project would also be unimaginable without the new audiovisual digital technologies.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Modern libraries require various forms of audiovisual materials which are indispensable to learning.

    Academic text (2006)
  • When used judiciously, imagery can be an effective tool in audiovisual modes of instruction.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The participants were informed that auditory, visual, and audiovisual stimuli were to be presented.

    Academic text (2012)
  • It's a state-of-the-art mobile command center with a holographic audiovisual display and a personal GPS transceiver.

Compounds

A tool like a video or slide that uses sight and sound to help teach

How Varied

multimedia
  • Specialized
12 3.8
interactive multimedia
  • Specialized
1 4.6
audiovisual
5 3.7
text
355 1.0

Surface Forms

audiovisual positive

Morphology

audiovisual = audio + visual (transparent) = audio + visual

The adjective is a straightforward compound meaning 'relating to both hearing and sight', directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

The word audiovisual comes from the parts audio- ('to hear') and visual ('to see'), so when something is audiovisual it uses both sound and pictures.