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polymedia

polymedia noun: media available in multiple forms.

Noun

polymedia

  1. media available in multiple forms
    • Four basic types of library systems are discussed: polymedia libraries, electronic libraries, digital libraries, and virtual libraries.1996, Allen Kent, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, volume 59
    • Whereas price and availability influenced decisions about media use in the past, the digital era of polymedia socialises media, according to Madianou and Miller.2013, Deborah Chambers, Social Media and Personal Relationships

Origin of polymedia

From poly- + media.

Questions about polymedia

What does polymedia mean?
Polymedia means media available in multiple forms.
What part of speech is polymedia?
Polymedia is a noun.

Words near polymedia in the dictionary

  1. polymatroids
  2. polymatype
  3. polymatypes
  4. polymavirus
  5. polymazia
  6. polymedia
  7. polymedial
  8. polymediality
  9. polymedicate
  10. polymedicated
  11. polymedicates

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