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play⋅back

  [pley-bak]
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–noun
1. the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, esp. in order to check a recording that is newly made.
2. (in a recording device) the apparatus used in producing playbacks.
3. the recording so played, esp. the first time it is heard or viewed after being recorded.
4. the response to a suggestion, act, product, venture, etc.; feedback: The playback on the speech has been very favorable.
Origin:
1925–30; n. use of v. phrase play back
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play·back   (plā'bāk')   
n.  

  1. The act or process of replaying a newly made audio or video recording, as to monitor quality.

  2. A method of or an apparatus for reproducing sound recordings: "switches on the playback of a telephone-answering machine" (Vanity Fair).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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