| digital video disc |
a movie or other video recording stored on such a disc. [1/2 definitions] |
| dub3 |
to add sounds to or replace sounds on (a film or other recording), esp. to replace voices in one language with those in another. [4 definitions] |
| echo chamber |
a room in a recording or broadcasting studio that is used to increase resonance or produce echo effects. |
| effect |
(pl.) sounds or visual images that are used to produce an effect on a listener or spectator, especially those used in film, television, sound recording, and the like to create visual or auditory illusions or elicit a heightened experience. [1/8 definitions] |
| film |
to photograph with a movie camera or other video recording device. [1/5 definitions] |
| flutter |
a distortion in the sound of a recording, due to fluctuations in speed. [1/9 definitions] |
| Grammy |
any of various awards given annually in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in the recording industry. |
| -graph |
a suffix that means "something for writing, drawing, recording, or sending." [1/2 definitions] |
| -graphic |
of or relating to (such) a method of recording, printing, or transmitting. [1/2 definitions] |
| hear |
to experience (a sound recording or other auditory event) in its entirety through the use of one's ears. [1/7 definitions] |
| high fidelity |
a method of sound recording and reproduction that captures and reproduces the entire range of audible frequencies with very little distortion. |
| home video |
equipment having to do with the playing or recording of videocassettes or videodiscs in the home, or a videocassette or videodisc viewed in the home. |
| instrument |
a device for recording or measuring. [2/3 definitions] |
| journal |
a ledger used in double-entry bookkeeping for recording accounts. [1/4 definitions] |
| language laboratory |
a room with recording and sound reproduction equipment in which students can study and practice foreign languages. |
| linguistic atlas |
a collection of maps recording the geographical distribution of linguistic forms and usages. |
| magnetic recording |
the process or product of recording a series of electrical signals onto a magnetizable surface, esp. used for audio, visual, and computer data. |
| mass spectrometer |
an instrument used to determine the mass and abundance of charged particles in a prepared beam, by passing it through an electromagnetic field and electronically recording the distribution of particles, often for the purpose of chemical analysis. |
| microfilm |
a film for recording highly reduced photographic images of material such as text or drawings. [1/2 definitions] |
| microphone |
a device that converts sound waves into electronic signals for recording, amplification, or broadcast. |
| monitor |
a device for observing or recording continuous data about the function, operation, or condition of something, esp. a device that gives warning of an abnormal or potentially dangerous condition. [2/11 definitions] |