Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or used in a sound-reproduction system that uses two or more separate channels to give a more natural distribution of sound.
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- adjective of or pertaining to
sound reproduction using twochannels to give a more naturaltwo-dimensional sounddistribution
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- adjective designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels
Etymologies
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Examples
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I squatted on my haunches, close to the action, soaking up those terrific sounds (recorded in a process not yet widely known as "stereophonic").
My Dance With Judy 2010
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Binaural tones are a special kind of stereophonic sound that incorporates two tones which are of two different frequencies for brainwave entrainment.
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With just a few notes of music, the secret that I have kept hidden for nearly four decades returned to my mind in vivid stereophonic sound.
Randy Turner: Twist of Fate Makes Christmas Dance Symbol to Joplin Middle School Students Randy Turner 2011
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Pair those bad boys up with stereophonic goodness?
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Best enjoyed with stereophonic supersonic headphones, so you can appreciate the shift from one channel to another, while you watch thousands of starlings take flight in a burnt sunset sky.
Boing Boing 2009
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The counter argument to this is there was a point in time when color movies, stereophonic sound and high definition were all considered "special".
Warner Bros. Testing 3D-Converted 300 Footage for Re-release; Prequel Still in the Works | /Film 2010
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With just a few notes of music, the secret that I have kept hidden for nearly four decades returned to my mind in vivid stereophonic sound.
Randy Turner: Twist of Fate Makes Christmas Dance Symbol to Joplin Middle School Students Randy Turner 2011
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Squeezophone 360° is composed of two stereophonic loudspeakers.
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Lost to those same critics was anything other than a grudging recognition of the talent it took to reliably provide pleasure for audiences of four generations—from the nickelodeon era to widescreen and stereophonic sound.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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There was only one problem—VistaVision had no provisions for stereophonic sound.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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