: an instructional device (such as a chart, map, or model) that appeals chiefly to vision;
especially
: an educational motion picture or filmstrip
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The excellent website Naval Analyses (Twitter), producer of visual aids that show U.S. naval aviation from 1917 to 2010 and attack submarines of the Mediterranean 2018, shifts its attention to the submarines of the U.S. Navy.
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That Twitter activity, especially the visual aids, led to the Mulberry man pleading guilty to 50 counts of child pornography possession and getting 18 years in prison last Tuesday.
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Council did agree to allocate up to $75,000 to retrofit the council chambers with cameras to livestream meetings and to better display visual aids used by presenters at council meetings.
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But on Twitter, in direct messages, Calvin Barnes talked about his fantasies of daddy-daughter, uncle-niece and provided visual aids.
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It was intended to be used as a visual aid for a class presentation.
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During a Democratic candidate forum today hosted by the Sun-Times editorial board, Marshall kept waving around a visual aid to support his proposal—a map of Illinois with thick black lines drawn with marker.
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Tillerson appeared with a visual aid, a map showing air traffic across Asia on one day.
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Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus.
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First Known Use of visual aid
1911
VISUAL AID Defined for English Language Learners
visual aid
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: something you look at (such as a chart or film) that is used to make something easier to understand
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