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quadraphonic

quad·ra·phon·ic [ ˌkwä-drə-ˈfä-nik]

variants: or less commonly quadriphonic

quadraphonic

adjective

Definition of quadraphonic

: of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound

Other Words from quadraphonic

quadraphonics or quadriphonics \ ˌkwä-drə-ˈfä-niks \ noun, plural in form but singular in construction

Recent Examples on the Web

//Short solo cello fragments are recorded and played back through quadraphonic speakers.
— Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Esa-Pekka Salonen's Cello Concerto soars on Cloud Nine," 9 Feb. 2018
//Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s tours were complicated and expensive, often using quadraphonic sound:
— Ben Ratliff, New York Times, "Keith Emerson, ’70s Rock Showman With a Taste for Spectacle, Dies at 71," 11 Mar. 2016
//At one point, with one percussionist bowing an autoharp and the other gently massaging a timpani, a sound projectionist was meant to refract the various spectra from one loudspeaker to the next, creating a quadraphonic effect.
— Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, "Reviving the Ghostly Sounds of Maryanne Amacher," 19 May 2017

First Known Use of quadraphonic

1969, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for quadraphonic

irregular from quadri- + -phonic (as in stereophonic)

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