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VU meters

VU meters is the plural of VU meter.

Meaning of VU meter

Noun

VU meter (plural VU meters)

  1. A display in audio equipment that represents the loudness of the signal.
    • VU (volume unit) meters are wonderful to look at as their pointers swing merrily back and forth across their brightly-lit faces.1978, Craig Anderton, Home recording for musicians
  2. Any animated graphical representation of the volume of sound or music (often subdivided across channels).
    • The ECC Syncro Demo is a demonstration of text scrolling in the GS border area, as well as having VU meters in the border area. Similar to FTA's X-mas demo.1991, Kenrick J. Mock, “demos on tybalt?”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)

Questions about VU meters

What is VU meters the plural of?
VU meters is the plural of VU meter.

Words near VU meters in the dictionary

  1. VTVMs
  2. VTX
  3. VU
  4. Vu Gia
  5. VU meter
  6. VU meters
  7. Vu-ting
  8. vuagnatite
  9. VUCA
  10. Vuck
  11. vuckeel

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