Definition of multimedia in English:

multimedia

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adjective

1(of art, education, etc.) using more than one medium of expression or communication.
‘a multimedia art form’
- ‘It is a mix of unique live performances coupled with digital and multimedia art, which flow into each other.’
- ‘The predominance of multimedia art in Korea is due largely to the environment in which it is being created.’
- ‘Is it a college nearby with a strong curriculum for multimedia training and development?’
- ‘The new venture involves the provision of a Media Lab and multimedia learning throughout the school.’
- ‘For me, art has always been a multimedia thing, about communication.’
- ‘He expects multimedia communications will grow rapidly as corporations demand the service.’
- ‘Some posters are photographs of behavioural art, sculptures, and multimedia works.’
- ‘Graduate students in museum studies and multimedia design assisted in the data collection.’
1. 1.1(of computer applications) incorporating audio and video, especially interactively.

Pronunciation

multimedia

/ˌməltēˈmēdēə/ /ˌməltiˈmidiə/

noun

1The use of a variety of artistic or communicative media.
‘The Turn is a vast project, which encompasses music, video and multimedia.’
- ‘There are also dozens of sculptures, ceramics, photographs, installations and multi-media.’
- ‘If multimedia is used, provide text transcripts of audio, and descriptions of video.’
- ‘The same graphics and photos that explain unfamiliar concepts or show what can't normally be seen can be turned into powerful multimedia.’
- ‘Sometimes Iwai lets the words remain superimposed over the proceeding images, but never enough to push the film into the stuffy vocabulary of multimedia.’
- ‘The selected work encompasses a range of media, including painting, print, photography, sculpture, installation, video, light, sound, performance and multimedia.’
- ‘He did dabble in other areas of art, however, including watercolor, multimedia, animation and Web design.’
- ‘When they come home from school, children acquire their knowledge through multimedia, with a strong visual component that is seconded by sound.’
1. 1.1An extension of hypertext allowing the provision of audio and video material cross-referenced to a computer text.
  ‘Many of our fellows also worked in the sphere of multimedia as well as computer games.’
  ‘In fact, almost any computer sold today is multimedia and video production-ready.’
  ‘Her research interests are in educational uses of computers and in interactive multimedia.’
  ‘If multimedia is used, provide text transcripts of audio, and descriptions of video.’
  ‘These phones have greater computational power and are designed to integrate music and multimedia with voice.’
  ‘He is a character for the wired, multimedia, information-age toddler.’
  ‘The quiz that is expected to last three hours will include multimedia and audio and visual clippings.’
  ‘The cable industry's foray into voice and related multimedia is happening on three levels.’
  ‘The multimedia experience you can see today is more recent.’
  ‘Mobile Internet services are part of this commitment and are forecast to play an important role in the future of mobile multimedia.’
  ‘If it is unnecessary or there are other alternatives to multimedia, then, do not use it.’
  ‘It's also worth mentioning that the quality of the multimedia has a lot to do with audio and video coprocessors.’
  ‘Use will be made of the internet and multimedia for ongoing support.’
  ‘I'm fast coming to the conclusion that I'll settle somewhere on the growing territory of online film and multimedia.’
  ‘Use of graphics and multimedia can enhance the message being provided and in many cases make the site easier to use.’
  ‘And multimedia, messages with sound and animated pictures, is within easy reach.’
  ‘If budgets are going to be cut, then clients aren't going to go for the kind of multimedia campaigns they used to.’
  ‘Citizens who do not know how to use multimedia will become disenfranchised.’
  ‘These resources will include both print based and multimedia based stock.’
  ‘For these kids, multimedia will be as prevalent in the classroom as the chalkboard.’