audio

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the audible part of a transmitted signal

   they always raise the audio for commercials

2. 2
   adj

   Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

   If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).

3. 3
   noun

   A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.

   I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.

4. 4
   noun

   the sound elements of television

5. 5
   noun

   a recording of acoustic signals

6. 6
   noun

   an audible acoustic wave frequency

7. 7
   noun

   Sound, or a sound signal.

Etymology

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.