From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplaybackplay‧back /ˈpleɪbæk/ noun [countable usually singular, uncountable] TCRthe act of playing a film, a piece of music, or a message has been recorded on a machine and watching or listening to it again the playback button on an answering machine
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playback• I want to see a playback.• It uses a mode dial on the top to switch on the camera and select between manual, automatic and playback modes.• And only the remote has a digital readout, listing the track number and playback functions.• You can skip the commercials during playback.• The subwoofer, responsible for much of the realism in movie playback, is particularly compromised in such a small design.• If the recording was made so that student performance could be assessed then obviously playback is essential.• Signals are passed from the recorder to the playback controller and then to a stereo ready monitor.• It is important to remember this when it comes to playback and this is discussed in the next section.• Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 is included and adds enhanced audio, basic image and software motion video playback capabilities. 