STEREO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stereo mean? 

• STEREO (noun)
  The noun STEREO has 2 senses:

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

2. two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together

  Familiarity information: STEREO used as a noun is rare.

• STEREO (adjective)
  The adjective STEREO has 1 sense:

1. designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels

  Familiarity information: STEREO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEREO (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 ("stereo" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "stereo"):

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

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stereo; stereoscopic photograph; stereoscopic picture

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

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

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

anaglyph (moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed)

• STEREO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels

Synonyms:

stereo; stereophonic; two-channel

Similar:

biaural; binaural (relating to or having or hearing with two ears)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

 Context examples 

Having sent back multiple still images via their wide-angle and stereo cameras, Minerva-II1B has now sent back the first video of the mission.

(First Ever Video of Asteroid Sent Back to Earth by Japanese Rovers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This is the first time during the mission we've dedicated our operations to a stereo 360-degree panorama, said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which leads the Curiosity rover mission.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet, NASA)

Scientists used stereo images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft to create a high-resolution topo map that revealed the broad valley — more than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) long — extending into the Rembrandt basin, one of the largest and youngest impact basins on Mercury.

(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)