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stereo
1[ ster-ee-oh, steer- ]
noun
- stereoscopic photography.
- a stereoscopic photograph.
- stereophonic sound reproduction.
- a system or the equipment for reproducing stereophonic sound.
- Printing. stereotype ( def 3 ).
adjective
- pertaining to stereophonic sound, stereoscopic photography, etc.
verb (used with object)
- Printing. stereotype ( def 6 ).
stereo-
2- a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant “solid”, used with reference to hardness, solidity, three-dimensionality in the formation of compound words:
stereochemistry; stereogram; stereoscope.
stereo.
3abbreviation for
- stereotype.
stereo
1/ ˈstɪər-; ˈstɛrɪəʊ /
noun
- stereophonic sound
to broadcast in stereo
- a stereophonic record player, tape recorder, etc
- photog
- stereoscopic photography
- a stereoscopic photograph
- See stereotypeprinting short for stereotype
stereo-
2combining_form
- indicating three-dimensional quality or solidity
stereoscope
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Example Sentences
There were no limos, no visits to fine restaurants, not so much as a decent stereo.
It worked at home as a secondary computer to run Pandora through the stereo and such tasks.
When we first started playing, we played for five minutes and the stereo broke.
Foster believes that Holmes used a stereo timer to set the music to start playing at midnight.
You can stream your music from a Windows PC through your Xbox into your stereo.
It contained a lithograph in stereo of some scene in Yellowstone other than Old Faithful blowing its stack.
I sat there with a magnifying glass on the roadsign; its stereo image standing up alongside the road in full color and solidity.
It was only a clump of weathered stone buildings in the light from the tractor, and Feldman had seen better in the stereo shots.
It corresponds to tartaric acid, and, like this substance, it occurs in four stereo-isomeric forms.
Making sure the triptych was snugly in place behind him, he paused to flip the switch on the stereo cube.
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