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audio

au·dio

UK/ˈɔːdi.əʊ/ US/ˈoːdɪjəw/ fairly common

noun

1.

the audible part of a transmitted signal

  • “they always raise the audio for commercials”
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Origin

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Phrases

  • audio book
  • audio card
  • audio cassette
  • audio CD
  • audio clip
  • audio coil
  • audio DVD
  • audio engineer

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