Definition of Multimedia

1. Noun. Transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.).


Definition of Multimedia

1. Noun. (plurale tantum) the use of different media to convey information; text together with audio, graphics and animation, often packaged on CD-ROM with links to the Internet ¹

2. Adjective. of, or relating to this combined use of media ¹

3. Adjective. (computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multimedia

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Medical Definition of Multimedia

1. Materials, frequently computer applications, that combine some or all of text, sound, graphics, animation, and video into integrated packages. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multimedia

multiloop
multiloquence
multiloquent
multiloquious
multiloquous
multiloquy
multimagazine
multimammae
multimammate mouse
multimanager
multimanned
multimap
multimaps
multimarket
multimechanistic
multimedia (current term)
multimedia system
multimedias
multimediocrities
multimediocrity
multimedium
multimegaton
multimegawatt
multimegawatts
multimember
multimemory
multimer
multimeric
multimerization
multimerized

Literary usage of Multimedia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"multimedia applications use a variety of hardware configurations, ... multimedia and hypermedia are often used interchangeably, but they are not identical. ..."

2. Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writerby Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski by Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski (1978)
"In the following example, not one of his most elaborate multimedia presentations, Fred Ashman used three screens to reflect pictures from one motion picture ..."

3. Plug Your Book: Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity Through by Steve Weber (2007)
"multimedia for books As high-speed Internet service becomes more common, ... multimedia is particularly effective for niche authors and newcomers who ..."

4. The Information Universe: Issues in Informing Science and Information by Informing Science Institute, Eli Cohen, Ed. (2006)
"There still remains little evidence supporting multimedia to enhance learning. From the author's perspectives, the challenge is to better understand the ..."

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