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ed⋅u⋅tain⋅ment

[ej-oo-teyn-muhnt]
–noun
television programs, movies, books, etc., that are both educational and entertaining, esp. those intended primarily for children in the elementary grades.
Also called infotainment.


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ed·u·tain·ment   (ěj'ōō-tān'mənt, ěj'ə-)   
n.  
  1. The act of learning through a medium that both educates and entertains.

  2. Any of various media, such as computer software, that educate and entertain.


[edu(cation) + (enter)tainment.]
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edutainment application
Interactive education and entertainment services or software, usually supplied commercially via a cable network or on CD-ROM.
(1995-03-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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