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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The Blu-ray Disc format.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A Blu-ray Disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of Blu-ray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
From blue + ray, coming from the blue laser ray having a shorter wavelength and making a higher data density possible.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
