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# How to pronounce "vdt" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/vdt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **vdt**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- Initialism of video display terminal.
  - *Example*: "He got up, went around to the back of the VDT, and looked through the slots."

### Example Sentences
- "He got up, went around to the back of the VDT, and looked through the slots."
- "VDT. It's almost as if, not almost as if, it is as if"
- "Now the velocity is equal to ds over dt, which we can rearrange to get ds equals vdt."

### Common Phrases
- equals vdt
- minus vdt

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "vdt" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "what we have from the electromagnetic field is a term A sub I DX sub I minus VDT. It's almost as if, not almost as if, it is as if V was the fourth component of a vector potential."
- **Watch at 21:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUUbl444r74&t=1311s)

### Example 2
> "But Euler changed this into an integral, so it's the integral of mass times velocity integrated over distance. Now the velocity is equal to ds over dt, which we can rearrange to get ds equals vdt. And plugging this in, we have an integral of mv squared over time."
- **Watch at 19:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q10_srZ-pbs&t=1186s)

### Example 3
*Accent: UK*
> "terminals to it. And these were mostly, at that time, mechanical terminals, like teletypes, not even VDT terminals."
- **Watch at 3:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFK6RG47bww&t=232s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "DR. Sorry, DT. Because DR is the same as VDT."
- **Watch at 13:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFNEpIYmk8&t=801s)


## How to Pronounce "vdt"

- **Syllables**: vdt
- **IPA**: `/vdt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[vda](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vda), [vdc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdc), [vdh](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdh), [vdi](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdi), [vdl](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdl), [vdo](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdo), [vdr](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vdr), [vds](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vds)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “vdt”?
“vdt” is pronounced /vdt/ (vdt). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### What does “vdt” mean?
Initialism of video display terminal.

### How can I hear “vdt” used in real sentences?
This page has 4 real-world video examples of “vdt” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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