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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stere (stēr),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresa cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. Abbr.: st
- Greek stereós solid
- French stère
- 1790–1800
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stere /stɪə/ n - a unit used to measure volumes of stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (35.315 cubic feet)
Etymology: 18th Century: from French stère, from Greek stereos solid WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•e•o /ˈstɛriˌoʊ, ˈstɪr-/USA pronunciation n., pl. ster•e•os, adj. n. - Sound Reproduction[countable] a system or piece of equipment for producing sound that comes out of two places, as from different speakers.
- Sound Reproduction the producing of this kind of sound;
the sound itself:[uncountable]The music sounds so much better in stereo. adj. - Sound Reproduction, Photographyof or relating to such a sound or sound system:an expensive and powerful stereo system.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•e•o (ster′ē ō′, stēr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. ster•e•os, adj., v. n. - stereoscopic photography.
- a stereoscopic photograph.
- Sound Reproductionstereophonic sound reproduction.
- Sound Reproductiona system or the equipment for reproducing stereophonic sound.
- Printingstereotype (defs. 1, 2).
adj. - Sound Reproduction, Photographypertaining to stereophonic sound, stereoscopic photography, etc.
v.t. - Printingstereotype (def. 5).
stereo-, - 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.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] stere-. stereo., - Printingstereotype.
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