Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slivercast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sliv-er-cast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A video program targetted at a niche market.

verb

To deliver a slivercast on TV or the internet.

Example Sentences

"Yet slivercast services can be a valuable part of the basic cable package."
"The promises of interactive WebTV or downloadable “slivercasts” raise the possibility of dramatically altering how we watch and even use the television."
"Because most viewers are accustomed to the way television delivers information, slivercasts are a logical extension of this format."
"Also symptomatic of the new order of things has been the slivercasting of radio, television, and cyberspace audiences, as we have also noted above."

Etymology

Back-formation from slivercasting.

Inflected Forms

slivercasts (plural) slivercasts (present, singular) slivercasting (participle, present) slivercasted (common, error unknown tag)

Questions

What does slivercast mean?: A video program targetted at a niche market.
Where does slivercast come from?: Back-formation from slivercasting.

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