Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stereo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stereo- \Ste"re*o-\ [Gr. stereo`s solid. See {Stare} to gaze.]
A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in
stereo-chemistry, stereography.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stereo
adj : (electronics) designating sound transmission from two
sources through two channels [syn: {stereophonic}, {two-channel}]
n 1: reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more
loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the
sound [syn: {stereo system}, {stereophonic system}]
2: two photographs taken from slightly different angles that
appear three-dimensional when viewed together [syn: {stereoscopic
picture}, {stereoscopic photograph}]
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