audio

au·di·o  (ôd-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to humanly audible sound.

2.

a. Of or relating to the broadcasting, reproduction, or reception of sound.

b. Of or relating to high-fidelity sound reproduction.

n. pl. au·di·os

1. The part of television or movie equipment that has to do with sound.

2. The broadcasting, reception, or reproduction of sound.

3. Audible sound.

4. A sound signal: lost the audio during the broadcast.

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audio

Adjective

1. of or relating to sound or hearing

2. of or for the transmission or reproduction of sound [Latin audire to hear]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	audio - the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials" sound telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing
	2.	audio - an audible acoustic wave frequency   audio frequency frequence, frequency, oftenness - the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older"
	3.	audio - a recording of acoustic signals       audio recording, sound recording audiotape - a tape recording of sound phonograph record, phonograph recording, disc, platter, record, disk - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove recording - a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded soundtrack - sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film talking book - sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people
	4.	audio - the sound elements of television constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" television system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points