playback

[ pley-bak ]

noun
  1. the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.

  2. (in a recording device) the apparatus used in producing playbacks.

  1. the recording so played, especially the first time it is heard or viewed after being recorded.

  2. the response to a suggestion, act, product, venture, etc.; feedback: The playback on the speech has been very favorable.

Origin of playback

1
First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase play back

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British Dictionary definitions for playback

playback

/ (ˈpleɪˌbæk) /


noun
  1. the act or process of reproducing a recording, esp on magnetic tape

  2. the part of a tape recorder serving to reproduce or used for reproducing recorded material

  1. (modifier) of or relating to the reproduction of signals from a recording: the playback head of a tape recorder

verbplay back (adverb)
  1. to reproduce (recorded material) on (a magnetic tape) by means of a tape recorder

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Other Idioms and Phrases with playback

playback

Replay, especially a recorded performance; also, repeat. For example, When we played back the tape of the concert we noticed a lot of missed notes, or He uses the same material again and again, playing back his old speech. [Early 1900s]

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