stereo
adjEtymology A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via stereo-, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”).
1
Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
2
Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.
- One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:
- Synonyms
- in stereo, stereophonic, stereographic
- Antonyms
- mono, monophonic, monaural
- Derived terms
- nonstereo, pseudostereo, stereoization, stereoize, stereoizer, stereotrode