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qua⋅draph⋅o⋅ny

[kwo-draf-uh-nee]
–noun
high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
Also called quad⋅ra⋅phon⋅ics [kwod-ruh-fon-iks] , quadriphonics, quad⋅ra⋅son⋅ics [kwod-ruh-son-iks] , quadrisonics.


Origin:
1965–70; quadra-, var. of quadri- + -phony
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quad·ra·phon·ic also quad·ri·phon·ic   (kwŏd'rə-fŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or for a four-channel sound system in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other.
qua·draph'o·ny (kwŏ-drāf'ə-nē) n.
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