stereophony

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsstereostereo systemstereophonic system

   Broaderreproducer

   Narrowerghetto blasteriPodquadraphonyWalkman

   Partsamplifier

Other forms of stereophony

plural

stereophonies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stereophony

What does stereophony mean?

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

How many syllables are in stereophony?

stereophony has 5 syllables: ste-re-o-pho-ny. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for stereophony?

Close synonyms include stereo, stereo system, stereophonic system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stereophony a common word?

stereophony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.