stereo

1 of 2

noun

ste·​reo ˈster-ē-ˌō How to pronounce stereo (audio)
ˈstir-
plural stereos
1
2
[by shortening]
a
: stereophonic reproduction
b
: a stereophonic sound system

stereo

2 of 2

adjective

1
b
: produced by or as if by means of a stereotype
2

Examples of stereo in a Sentence

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Noun
As the smallest Bluetooth speaker in Sony's ULT lineup, the $129 Field 1 can't provide the kind of stereo separation or low-end rumble of its larger siblings. PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024 His office walls were dotted with photos of Haggard, and on Friday afternoons he could be found unshaven and tie-less there working as his stereo blared loud country tunes into the courthouse corridors. Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024 These include four tweeters (one forward-firing, one upward-firing, and two side-firing), and two woofers that are angled left and right to deliver quality stereo playback. Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 The original Roam is a solid speaker with some quirks, like no stereo pairing over Bluetooth, which The Verge’s Chris Welch called out in his original review. Wes Davis, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2024 Music has always entranced the 59-year-old Compton native, ever since his mother placed her son in front of her stereo’s speakers for the first time. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024 Born in 1923, Negishi founded and ran a company that assembled car stereos for automobile manufacturers in northern Tokyo. Oscar Holland, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 The call-masking feature only works if music is playing on the stereo. Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024 Granted, niceties like massaging front seats and a booming 19-speaker McIntosh surround-sound stereo are beyond what the Passport offers. Nick Kurczewski, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Share [Findings] Scientists trained subjects to exercise control over a single neuron, linked the hippocampus to regret, and concluded that humans smell in stereo. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024 And again, both Barron's shop, which is just chock-full of inventory like rings and watches and belt buckles and stereo equipment, pawn shops across the country are seeing something similar. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 Photo : Barrett-Jackson The cockpit includes ice-cold Vintage Air and an equally cool AM/FM Bluetooth stereo. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024 An increasing number of new songs released today are already available in both Dolby Atmos and stereo. Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2024 Apart from these four modes, Mastering Assistant exposes a few controls such as a loudness adjustment, an exciter for more top-end saturation, and a stereo spread knob. Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024 The Riptide features not one, but two distinct voicings for each effect, all delivered in vibrant stereo. Ron Hart, SPIN, 22 Nov. 2023 The stereo speakers built into the Clarity Max screens are perhaps the weak point of the product because they are limited to an output of 5W per channel, which wouldn’t be enough for use in a meeting room. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Craft also wisely employs Bernie Grundman, who earned a 2019 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award for his stellar achievements with audio equalization, compression, sound limiting, stereo enhancement and lacquer cutting. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of stereo was circa 1823

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“Stereo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereo. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

stereo

1 of 2 noun
ste·​reo ˈster-ē-ˌō How to pronounce stereo (audio)
ˈstir-
1
: stereophonic reproduction
2
: a stereophonic sound system

stereo

2 of 2 adjective
1
: of or relating to the seeing of objects in three dimensions
2

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