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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.
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noun
The additional area around the four edges of a video image, outside of the safe area, that is not normally seen by the viewer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English scan English overscan From over- + scan.
