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Meaning of "video disc" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VIDEO DISC

video disc  [ˈvɪdɪəʊ dɪsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIDEO DISC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Video disc is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VIDEO DISC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

video disc

Videodisc

Videodisc is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access disc that contains both audio and analog video signals recorded in an analog form. Typically, it is a reference to any such media that predates the mainstream popularity of the DVD format.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIDEO DISC


asterisk
ˈæstərɪsk
bisque
bɪsk
blastodisc
ˈblæstəʊˌdɪsk
brisk
brɪsk
disc
dɪsk
disk
dɪsk
fisc
fɪsk
fisk
fɪsk
frisk
frɪsk
laserdisc
ˈleɪzəˌdɪsk
laserdisk
ˈleɪzəˌdɪsk
minidisc
ˈmɪnɪˌdɪsk
multidisc
ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsk
obelisk
ˈɒbɪlɪsk
photodisk
ˈfəʊtəʊˌdɪsk
RISC
rɪsk
risk
rɪsk
risque
rɪsk
videodisk
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌdɪsk
whisk
wɪsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIDEO DISC

video call
video camera
video cassette
video cassette recorder
video cassette recording
video clip
video club
video conference
video conferencing
video diary
video disk
video disk player
video entry system
video frequency
video game
video installation
video jockey
video library
video memory
video nasty

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIDEO DISC

accretion disc
black disc
brake disc
compact audio disc
compact disc
compact video disc
gold disc
identity disc
intervertebral disc
optic disc
optical disc
parking disc
platinum disc
Rayleigh disc
silver disc
slipped disc
suction disc
sun disc
tax disc

Synonyms and antonyms of video disc in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «video disc» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIDEO DISC

Find out the translation of video disc to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of video disc from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «video disc» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

视频光盘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disco de vídeo
570 millions of speakers

English

video disc
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वीडियो डिस्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قرص فيديو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

видеодиск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disco de vídeo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিডিও ডিস্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vidéodisque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cakera video
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Video-Disc
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビデオディスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비디오 디스크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disk video
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đĩa video
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீடியோ வட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हिडिओ डिस्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Video diski
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disco video
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płyt wideo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відеодиск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disc video
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίσκο βίντεο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

video skyf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

videoskiva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

videoplate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of video disc

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIDEO DISC»

The term «video disc» is regularly used and occupies the 71.563 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIDEO DISC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «video disc» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «video disc» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about video disc

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIDEO DISC»

Discover the use of video disc in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to video disc and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Colour Television: Theory and Practice
20.1 Evolution of Video Disc In appearance, the video disc is very much similar to the ordinary audio disc, but when played back on a video disc machine, it reproduces pictures and sound instead of music. Just like the VCR, it is linked-up to a ...
BALI, 1994
2
Popular Mechanics
While Philips may be credited with bringing the first multidisc players to market, the price-busting lead has been taken by Pioneer, the company that has almost single-handedly kept the video disc alive during the past decade. Pioneer's new  ...
3
Dictionary of Information Technology
Acronym: DTV Compare HDTV. digital video disc The next generation of optical disc storage technology. With digital video disc technology, video, audio, and computer data can be encoded onto a compact disc (CD). A digital video disc can  ...
Ramesh Bangia, 2010
4
New Scientist
Philips misses the groove The newest audio technology — a digital disc that is read by a laser in the same way as the video disc — has been unveiled by Philips. But the giant company seems to be unaware that its new product will be ...
5
Compact Disc Technology
And after that, we will introduce the various kinds of digital audio discs that made use of video disc technology and follow the path to standardization. Finally, we will explain the standards for compact disc systems and their meaning. 3.
Heitarō Nakajima, Hiroshi Ogawa, 1992
6
New Scientist
Video-cassette recorders can now offer all the features of a video-disc player, such as stop frame, slow motion, fast motion and fast search, and the user can record what he wants. So who needs a video-disc player, even at comparable cost?
7
Dictionary of Video and Television Technology
CD-V Compact video disc. A format for putting 5 minutes of video on a 3-inch disc . This format has come and gone. CDV Compression Labs Compressed Digital Video, a compression technique used in satellite broadcast systems. CDV is the ...
Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsulin, 2002
8
TV and Video Engineering
The TCL digital autofocus is shown in Fig. 22.21. The microcomputer based system adjusts focus at the centre of the main lens, parallax-free. 22.15 VIDEO DISC SYSTEMS Video disc systems for domestic use were developed in early 70s by ...
A. M. Dhake, 2001
9
New Scientist
Video disc firms set a standard Philips and Sony plan to sell compact digital audio discs, read by laser, by the end of 1982. After a recent majority decision of the Digital Audio Disc (DAD) standardisation committee in Japan most manufacturers ...
10
Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions
The video disc in turn had the phonograph record as a predecessor. In the 1980s there were format battles as the world's major consumer electronics manufacturers provided competing formats and technologies in the effort to provide ...
David John Cole, Eve Browning, Fred E. H. Schroeder, 2003

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIDEO DISC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term video disc is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Get used to streaming, discs are dead for video after Blu-ray
The Blu-ray as we know it is the end of the road for the video disc. From here on out, the next innovations in home movie delivery will all surround streaming or ... «Digital Trends, Mar 14»
2
Remember when video discs were the size of LPs?
Years ago, long before the dawn of the DVD or Blu-ray formats, consumer video was strictly all-analog, from the very first broadcasts right up to the introduction ... «CNET, Feb 13»

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