Radiophonic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Describing sound effects created to accompany radio broadcasts as background music. not-comparable
- 2 Describing a type of sound art practice that extends the established radio drama and documentary form by the use of sonic abstractions. not-comparable
- 3 Of or pertaining to the radiophone. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
- 1 relating to or by means of radiotelephony wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
* radio- + -phonic * (sound art practice): Perhaps first used by Pierre Schaeffer in his Essai Radiophoniques and subsequently taken up by the BBC to describe their famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop.