Videograms

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A recording that conveys visual information, often in the form of moving images or data captured electronically
2. A medium combining both sound and visuals, typically associated with video technology and playback
3. A term referring to any graphical representation recorded for viewing, encompassing formats like film, television, and digital media

Etymology: "Videograms" is the plural of "videogram," a noun meaning recorded moving images. The word is built from two parts: "video-," from Latin "videre," meaning "to see," and "-gram," from Greek "gramma," meaning "something written or drawn." Put together, the pieces describe a picture that has been written down in a way that can be seen again, which is roughly what a recorded moving image is. The pairing is typical of technical coinages from the twentieth century, when engineers and writers borrowed classical elements to name new media. "Video" itself took on its modern sense of recorded and broadcast moving pictures only after television developed, while the "-gram" ending follows older words such as "telegram" and "diagram." The plural form simply follows the regular English pattern of adding "-s" to a count noun.

Synonyms: video recordings, films