Definition of "audio-visual" []

• Both audible and visible. (adjective)
• Of or relating to materials, such as films and tape recordings, that present information in audible and pictorial form: a corporation's audio-visual department. (adjective)
• An aid, other than printed matter, that uses sight or sound to present information: language tapes, videocassettes, and other audio-visuals. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It's getting hard on people, says Jim Frost, 51, who owns an audio-visual business in downtown Fargo."
• "The video was shot by someone who had taken refuge under one of the tables in the audio-visual library on the sixth floor."
• "Specialities include Adam Buxton on Björk's music video career, a new documentary on Nasa (the all-star music project, not the space agency), bracing audio-visual installations, and a workshop on projection mapping (using buildings as cinematic backdrops, but you knew that, didn't you?)"