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visual aids

British  

plural noun

  1. devices, such as films, slides, models, and blackboards, that display in visual form material to be understood or remembered

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In a Reformation context where certain religious images were restricted, maps of the Holy Land became acceptable visual aids and took on devotional significance.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Keeping a steady line, concentrating on the visual aids to help me stay on course, as well as looking out the front window, was a very difficult task.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

In October, the FBI gathered at the house to collect additional data that could be used to create visual aids for jurors when the case goes to trial.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Poor Sofia, unable to reach the men with her visual aids and example of kindness, eventually tries to appease them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Using these visual aids, the document examiner pointed out the similarities existing in the way the letters were formed—making her case that the documents in question, the 'suspect' SmurFFs, had indeed been written by Trenchant.

From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.