stereo
A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each…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.
» Please turn down the stereo a little.
Bitte mache das Stereogerät ein bisschen leiser.
Dreh mal die Anlage ein bisschen runter.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
(broadly, countable, dated, uncountable)Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.
He liked to listen to classical music on his stereo.
стереосисте́маstereosistéma
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A stereotype.
(Myanmar, countable, uncountable)A genre of Western-style pop and rock music.
- reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
- two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
Examples
42 sentencesPlease turn down the stereo a little.
deBitte mache das Stereogerät ein bisschen leiser.
Is there a stereo in your bedroom?
I got a new stereo at that store.
deIch habe mir in diesem Laden eine neue Stereoanlage gekauft.
Would you turn down the stereo a little?
Tom has an expensive stereo system.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via sA shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via stereo-, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”).
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Forms
plural: stereosSynonyms
10 synonyms- reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound:stereophonystereo systemstereophonic system
- two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together:stereoscopic picturestereoscopic photograph
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable