Mp3
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file.
"I should download her audio on MP3 / And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of MP3. alt-of
Proper Noun
- 1 MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.
"Also, mpeg audio streams are usually identified by mp1, mp2 and mp3 extensions, all from MPEG-1 (layer 1 , 2 or 3)."
Example
More examples"I should download her audio on MP3 / And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD"
Etymology
An initialism of MPEG Audio Layer 3. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below.
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