visual medium

collocation in English

meaningsofvisualandmedium

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visual
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/
relating ...
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medium
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.di.əm/us
/ˈmiː.di.əm/
a method or way of ...
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(Definition ofvisualandmediumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvisual medium

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In our own time, ca. 2005, the primaryvisualmediumis television, presented as the narratively structured sequencing of images.
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There's no getting away from the fact that, despite the advent of the soundcard, the computer remains an essentiallyvisualmedium.
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The appeal of thevisualmedium, though difficult to define, is very real, as we know from our own experience in this country.
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With the cinema being avisualmediumone might consider it of no interest to blind people; but that is not so.
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That is always done through either thevisualmediumor sound.
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The display takes the electronic signals which have been manipulated by the processor and renders them on somevisualmedium.
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It's not just superbly acted, but also engaging with material rarely dealt with in any mainstreamvisualmediumfrom an academic or progressive perspective.
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In this instance, the efficiency of thevisualmediumis preferred.
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In thevisualmedium, he has produced paintings, sculptures, photography, and design.
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Television, being a distinctlyvisualmedium, put the producers on edge.
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However, because television is avisualmedium, these announcements can be either visual or audio.
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It opened up avisualmediumthat those of us as comedy writers were not used to.
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She also states that the writers of the second series have what it takes to translate the manga into avisualmedium.
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Other authors stress that printed works themselves are avisualmedium.
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By the 1860s, architectural photography started to become an establishedvisualmedium.
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In a purelyvisualmedium, their comedy was a work of genius.
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