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VISUAL COMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Communication that relies on vision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("visual communication" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Meronyms (parts of "visual communication"):
visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual communication"):
picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)
video ((computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display)
gesture; motion (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
body language (communication via the movements or attitudes of the body)
demo; demonstration (a visual presentation showing how something works)
eye contact (a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication)
projection (the projection of an image from a film onto a screen)
art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter (photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication)
graphic design (visual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc.)
chart; graph (a visual display of information)
graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)