Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to both hearing and sight.
- adjective Conveying information through media, such as audio and visual recordings, that are perceivable by both hearing and sight.
- noun plural Audio-visual materials, especially ones used in presentations or demonstrations.
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- adjective Alternative form of
audiovisual .
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Examples
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The two-hour audio-visual spectacle offered a feast for the senses as it celebrated the creative output and social ideals of the late King of Pop.
Joe Vogel: Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson Immortal Takes Audience On A Dazzling Ride Joe Vogel 2011
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The two-hour audio-visual spectacle offered a feast for the senses as it celebrated the creative output and social ideals of the late King of Pop.
Joe Vogel: Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson Immortal Takes Audience On A Dazzling Ride Joe Vogel 2011
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Always on the lookout for new ways to transcend the nerdy bloke hunched over a laptop scenario, Deadmau5's latest live happening is an audio-visual collaboration with Nokia which will see "spectacular 4D projections" beamed on to the side of Millbank Tower as he unveils new material.
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Assembled by the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, the show features more than 200 objects (among them: Gen. Stonewall Jackson's pocket watch), interactive technology (can you text faster than a telegraph operator from the 1860s?) and 17 audio-visual programs (including an all-too-vivid battle scene).
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A keen technophile, it's no surprise to see his new show hyped as an audio-visual extravaganza, with the audience invited to participate through a free iPhone app.
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More important than any of that is the introduction this year of a hi-tech stage show developed with a team of audio-visual collaborators that is designed to push the outer edges of digital art.
Oddities of Sound Abound in City Andy Battaglia 2011
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The video was shot by someone who had taken refuge under one of the tables in the audio-visual library on the sixth floor.
Why One Remained Standing Ada Louise Huxtable 2011
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It's getting hard on people, says Jim Frost, 51, who owns an audio-visual business in downtown Fargo.
N.D. river towns brace for 35% chance of record flooding 2011
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Specialities include Adam Buxton on Björk's music video career, a new documentary on Nasa (the all-star music project, not the space agency), bracing audio-visual installations, and a workshop on projection mapping (using buildings as cinematic backdrops, but you knew that, didn't you?)
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Breton is about audio and audio-visual autopsy; deconstructing and reassembling popular culture.
First sight: Breton 2011
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