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Pronunciation / Transliteration: videodisco
"El sistema de videodisco se utilizó en muchas escuelas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An optical disc that carries recorded television pictures and sound, played back on a television screen.
"The museum archive preserves several rare movies originally released on videodisc." - 2
Any large-format optical storage disc used primarily for interactive video applications prior to the widespread adoption of DVD.
"Educational institutions used interactive videodisc systems for training simulations in the 1980s."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'video' (Latin videre, meaning 'to see') and 'disc' (Greek diskos, meaning 'a circular plate'). Coined in the mid-20th century during the development of analog optical and electronic storage media for television and movies.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Videodisc" is said worldwide
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Vidéodisque
Transliteration: videodisk
"Le lecteur de vidéodisque est devenu un objet de collection."
Bildplatte
Transliteration: bildplatte
"Die Bildplatte war der Vorläufer der modernen DVD."
Videodisco
Transliteration: videodisco
"Il videodisco conteneva registrazioni video di alta qualità per l'epoca."
Videodisco
Transliteration: videodisco
"El sistema de videodisco se utilizó en muchas escuelas."
Videodisco
Transliteration: videodisco
"O videodisco óptico foi uma tecnologia pioneira."
वीडियोडिस्क
Transliteration: videodiska
"पुराने समय में फिल्में देखने के लिए वीडियोडिस्क का उपयोग होता था।"
影碟
Transliteration: yǐngdié
"这种老式影碟现在很难找到了。"
비디오디스크
Transliteration: bidiodeu-jiseu
"비디오디스크는 과거 교육용으로 자주 쓰였다."
ビデオディスク
Transliteration: bideo disuku
"ビデオディスクは映画鑑賞の新しいスタイルを提案した。"
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