Usually means: Obsolete video cassette recording format.
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  1. Betamax: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. betamax: The Word Spy
  3. Betamax, betamax: Wordnik
  4. Betamax: Wiktionary
  5. Betamax: Dictionary.com
  6. Betamax: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Betamax: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Betamax: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

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  1. betamax: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Betamax)

noun:  A home videocassette recording format developed by Sony in 1975, now known for having lost the format war to VHS.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To make (something) obsolete.
noun:  a Betamax (videocassette tape)
noun:  (Philippines, informal) coagulated chicken blood that is boiled, cut in to cubes, skewered and grilled to be sold as a street food

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