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vid⋅e⋅o

  [vid-ee-oh]
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–noun
1. Television.
a. the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (distinguished from audio ).
b. the video part of a television broadcast.
2. Informal. videotape.
3. Informal. television: She is a star of stage and video.
4. a program, movie, or the like, that is available commercially on videocassette.
5. music video.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture: video amplifier.
7. of or pertaining to television, esp. the visual elements.
8. of or pertaining to videocassettes, videocassette recorders, music video, etc.: a video shop.
9. pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.
Origin:
1930–35; < L vidē(re) to see + -o as in audio
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music video

 
–noun
a commercial videotape featuring a performance of a popular song, often through a stylized dramatization by the performers with lip-synching and special effects.
Also called video, video record.
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vid·e·o   (vĭd'ē-ō')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to television, especially televised images.

  2. Of or relating to videotaped productions or videotape equipment and technology.

  3. Computer Science Of or relating to the production of images on video displays.

n.   pl. vid·e·os

  1. The visual portion of a televised broadcast.

  2. Television: a star of stage, screen, and video.

  3. A videocassette or videotape, especially one containing a recording of a movie, music performance, or television program.

  4. A music video.

  5. Computer Science The appearance of text and graphics on a video display.


[From Latin videō, first person sing. present tense of vidēre, to see; see vide.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

video  (adj., n., pref.)
1935, as visual equivalent of audio, from L. video "I see," first person singular present indicative of videre "to see" (see vision). Videotape (n.) is from 1953; the verb is 1959, from the noun; videocassette is from 1971; video game is from 1973. Videocassette recorder is from 1971, now usually VCR (also 1971).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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