Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stereophonic sound-reproduction system.
- noun Stereophonic sound.
- noun A stereotype.
- noun A stereoscopic system or photograph.
- adjective Stereophonic.
- adjective Stereoscopic.
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- noun A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two channels, each playing a portion of the original sound in such a way as to create the illusion of locating the sound at a particular position, each offset from the other, thereby more accurately imitating the location of the original sound when the recorded or reproduced sound is heard.
- noun A device used for playing music, usually in the home, that reproduces sound using stereo.
- adjective Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
- adjective 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.
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Examples
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It's not possible to record something in stereo with one mic, you need at least two (hense the term stereo). ok well, the waveform only shows the right channel the top half of the waveform but when I use the built in mic it draws the whole form and i can hear the audio out of both speakers??
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But the absence of real depth, the absence of stereo, is still absolute, and I think one - this is bound to occur if one only has one operative eye.
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I thought that was improbable, but I have to say that one of the minor compensations now of losing stereo is that I have a stronger sense of visual composition.
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But the absence of real depth, the absence of stereo, is still absolute, and I think one - this is bound to occur if one only has one operative eye.
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I occasionally seem to have dreams in stereo, but I don't know that one can trust descriptions of that.
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I thought that was improbable, but I have to say that one of the minor compensations now of losing stereo is that I have a stronger sense of visual composition.
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There are always anomalies in stereo mixes, but we try to eliminate them, and I'd like to think we do.
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But the absence of real depth, the absence of stereo, is still absolute, and I think one - this is bound to occur if one only has one operative eye.
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There are always anomalies in stereo mixes, but we try to eliminate them, and I'd like to think we do.
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But the absence of real depth, the absence of stereo, is still absolute, and I think one - this is bound to occur if one only has one operative eye.
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