Stereo

Quick meaning: Stereo is a noun meaning (printing, colloquial) A stereotype.

Meaning

(printing, colloquial) A stereotype.

More Meanings

1. (Myanmar, music) A genre of Western-style pop and rock music.
2. Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
3. (transitive) To create a stereophotographic image of.
4. (by extension, dated) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.
5. 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.
6. 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.

Example Sentences

He liked to listen to classical music on his stereo.

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, […]

Word Forms

• stereos
• stereoing
• stereoed

Synonyms for stereo

Depending on context, synonyms include hi-fi, console, radiogram, consolette, stereophonic, stereographic.

Antonyms for stereo

Common opposites include mono, monophonic, monaural.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stereophonic, binaural, biaural, radio, stereoscopic, three-dimensional.

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