stereophonic
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˌstɛrɪəˈfɒnɪk/
- Specialized
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estereofónico
- Our standard rooms come equipped with stereophonic console radios.
- stereophonic sound
- stereophonic speakers
Examples
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You've begun to imagine it Cinemascope, with stereophonic sound.
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They had color, oh, stereophonic sound, even wide screens.
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Kid, listen to it in high-fidelity stereophonic sound...
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So the movies went into new technologies... ...such as CinemaScope, stereophonic sound... ...to try to recapture their audience.
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Be the first on your block to marvel at the magnificent stars through the magic of stereophonic sound, and living color picture, right before your very eyes without commercial interruption.
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And on your way there, you won't want to miss our brand-new General Electric television stereophonic display on the first floor, just past the haberdashery.
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Occasionally, I pat my sandaled feet on the carpeted terrace floor to the straight-ahead, post-bop jazz streaming from a carousel of compact discs through stereophonic speakers in the living room.
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Listening to music in stereophonic sound makes the experience feel more immersive.
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The stereophonic sound system in the theater creates a realistic audio environment for movies.
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When recording, using stereophonic microphones captures the nuances of sound from different directions.
Synonyms
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8.7
Four speakers play sound around a room to surround the listener
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5.0
Two separate sound channels that send sound to left and right speakers
Sound made or played with two channels so it comes from different directions
Using more than two separate sound channels to create surround sound
A sound system that uses four speakers around the listener to create surround sound
A system that plays sound through four separate speakers
Compounds
- Specialized
Equipment with two or more speakers that makes sound seem to come from different places
How Spatial
Surface Forms
Morphology
stereophonic = stereo (transparent) = stereo + phonic
Meaning is directly derived from 'stereo' (two-channel sound) plus the combining element '-phonic' meaning 'relating to sound', yielding 'relating to stereo sound'.
Etymology
The word stereophonic comes from Greek parts stereo- meaning 'solid' or 'three-dimensional' and -phonic meaning 'sound', like the 'phone' in telephone and microphone. So, stereophonic sound feels 'solid' and like it comes from different places around you.