STEREOPHONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stereophony mean? 

• STEREOPHONY (noun)
  The noun STEREOPHONY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STEREOPHONY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEREOPHONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stereo; stereo system; stereophonic system; stereophony

Hypernyms ("stereophony" is a kind of...):

reproducer (an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound)

Meronyms (parts of "stereophony"):

amplifier (electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stereophony"):

boom box; ghetto blaster (a portable stereo)

iPod ((trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files)

quadraphonic system; quadraphony; quadriphonic system (a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels)

Walkman ((trademark) a pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones)

Derivation:

stereophonic (designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels)