stereo — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in order to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Countable
   • Dated
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   He liked to listen to classical music on his stereo.

3. A stereotype.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. A genre of Western-style pop and rock music.

   Usage

   • Myanmar
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Adjective

1. Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]

Verb

1. To create a stereophotographic image of.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Related words

   stereographicstereophonicstereoscopestereoscopicsurround sound

Adjective

1. designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels

   Synonyms

   stereophonictwo-channel

Noun

1. reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound

   Synonyms

   stereophonystereo systemstereophonic system

   Broader terms

   reproducer

2. two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together

   Synonyms

   stereoscopic picturestereoscopic photograph

   Broader terms

   photographphotoexposurepicturepic