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videodisk

videodisk

4.8
A disk that stores a movie you can play on TV
  • noun
  • /ˈvaɪdiəʊˌdɪsk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : videodisco
  • You can watch the latest movie on the videodisk using your DVD player.

Examples

  • The technology may take a variety of forms such as telecommunications, interactive television, distance learning programs, videodisks, and videotapes.

    Academic text (1996)

  • IntelliPath, however, includes a laser videodisk storing 5,000 photomicrographs.

    Academic text (1991)

  • He borrowed the educational videodisk from the library to learn about space.

  • We enjoyed a classic film on videodisk at our movie night last weekend.

Synonyms

DVD
vsvideodisk
  • Specialized
248 1.0

A flat round disc that holds movies, music and other data for playing on a disc player or computer

is mainly for movie recordings rather than varied media types

Surface Forms

videodisk singular
videodisks plural
video disks plural
video disk singular

Morphology

videodisk = video + disk (transparent) = video + disk

The meaning is the clear compositional combination of 'video' + 'disk' (a disk storing video), which a B1 learner who knows the components can derive.

Etymology

Videodisk begins with video, an old root meaning 'to see', and ends with disk, a word for a flat, round 'plate' like a CD or DVD. So, a videodisk is a round disk that holds moving pictures you can watch.