Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An element of Greek origin, meaning ‘solid.’
  • Same as stereotype: as, a stereo plate; stereo apparatus.
  • noun An abbreviation of stereotype
  • noun of stereotyping.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • prefix Forming words relating to the solid, the three-dimensional.
  • prefix Specifically, forming words relating to the binocular contribution to three-dimensional vision.
  • prefix Forming words relating to the solid, the hard.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
  • adjective designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels
  • noun reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereos, "solid").

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