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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

And in October, the FBI gathered at the house to collect data that could be used to create visual aids for jurors at the upcoming trial.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Several sketches are interspersed throughout the stand-up portions of the special, filmed at Los Angeles’ intimate Dynasty Typewriter, alongside musical numbers and visual aids.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

It was large and pleasantly yellow-walled, crowded with projectors, view-booths, stereo-miniatures, and picture books—all the visual aids which Ann Howard would have used to teach the natives the cultural philosophy of the Galactic Federation.

From Impact by Cox, Irving E.

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