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hypermedia

noun
hy·​per·​me·​dia | \ ˈhÄ«-pÉ™r-ËŒmÄ“-dÄ“-É™ How to pronounce hypermedia (audio) \

Definition of hypermedia

: a database format similar to hypertext in which text, sound, or video images related to that on a display can be accessed directly from the display

Examples of hypermedia in a Sentence

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 As Kati Marton lays out in her profile of the 63-year-old German chancellor — made available to the author for a single question — Ms. Merkel is patently uninterested in the trappings of leadership in the modern, hypermedia age. — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, "Angela Merkel’s Humanity, Captured in an Elizabeth Peyton Oil," 23 July 2017

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First Known Use of hypermedia

1965, in the meaning defined above

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