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stereo
English
Etymology
Shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??i.??/
Noun
stereo (countable and uncountable, plural stereos)
- A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two channels, each playing a portion of the original sound in such a way as to create the illusion of locating the sound at a particular position, each offset from the other, thereby more accurately imitating the location of the original sound when the recorded or reproduced sound is heard.
- (by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.
- (printing, colloquial) A stereotype.
Synonyms
- (object or device): hi-fi, music centre, console, radiogram
Translations
Adjective
stereo (not comparable)
- Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (of sound): in stereo, stereophonic
- (of a pair of images): in stereo, stereographic
Antonyms
- (of sound): mono, monophonic, monaural
Translations
Verb
stereo (third-person singular simple present stereos, present participle stereoing, simple past and past participle stereoed)
- (transitive) To create a stereophotographic image of.
Related terms
See also
- surround sound
Anagrams
- Eostre, Rosete, e-store, erotes
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English stereo, shortening of stereophonic and a few other terms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ste?.ri.o?/, /?ste?.re?.o?/
- Hyphenation: ste?reo
Adjective
stereo (invariable, comparative meer stereo, superlative meest stereo)
- stereo, stereophonic
Inflection
Adverb
stereo
- stereo, stereophonically
Noun
stereo f (plural stereo's, diminutive stereootje n)
- A stereo set, a stereo installation
Derived terms
- stereo-installatie
- stereoset
Related terms
- stereo-
Finnish
Noun
stereo
- stereo
Declension
Derived terms
- stereot
Anagrams
- roseet
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?.re.o/
- Hyphenation: stè?reo
Etymology 1
Clipping of stereofonico.
Adjective
stereo (invariable)
- stereo, stereophonic
- Synonym: stereofonico
Noun
stereo m (invariable)
- stereo (radio, boombox, etc.)
Etymology 2
Clipping of stereofonia.
Noun
stereo f (invariable)
- stereophony
Etymology 3
From translingual Stereum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “firm, solid”).
Noun
stereo m (plural sterei)
- Any fungus of the genus Stereum
Anagrams
- estero, tesero, teserò
References
- stereo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- stereo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
Etymology
From French stéréo.
Adjective
stereo m or f or n (indeclinable)
- stereo
Declension
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- what stereo fits my car
- what stereotype
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- what stereotype means
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- what stereochemistry is needed for an e2 reaction
- what stereotypes are in aristocats
screen
English
Etymology
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm.
An alternative etymology derives Old French escren from Old Dutch *skrank (“barrier”) (compare German Schrank (“cupboard”), Schranke (“fence”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: skr?n, IPA(key): /sk?i?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
screen (plural screens)
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- Various forms or formats of information display
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems” (song):
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems” (song):
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- 1988, Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
- 1989, Compute (volume 11, page 51)
- 1988, Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
- (American football) Short for screen pass.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Synonym: pick
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- (Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Verb
screen (third-person singular simple present screens, present participle screening, simple past and past participle screened)
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
- To shelter or conceal.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
- The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
- (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
- The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
- To fit with a screen.
- We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Synonym: pick
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- 1987 April 7, Associated Press (story title as printed in New York Times[1])
- A Phone to Screen Calls
- 1987 April 7, Associated Press (story title as printed in New York Times[1])
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- screen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- screen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- censer, scener, scerne, secern
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