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Meaning of "personal stereo" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONAL STEREO

personal stereo play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSONAL STEREO

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Personal stereo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERSONAL STEREO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

personal stereo

Personal stereo

The personal stereo is the term given to a portable audio player using an audiocassette player, battery power and in some cases an AM/FM radio. This allows the user to listen to music through headphones while walking, jogging or relaxing. Personal stereos typically have a belt clip or a shoulder strap so a user can attach the device to a belt or wear it over his or her shoulder. Some personal stereos came with a separate battery case. The first personal stereo was the Stereobelt invented and patented by West German-Brazilian inventor Andreas Pavel in 1977. Pavel attempted to commercialise this invention but failed to do so. Sony's first Walkman cassette player The first commercial personal stereo was the Sony Walkman released in 1979, created by Akio Morita, Masaru Ibuka and Kozo Ohsone. It became a popular and widely-imitated consumer item in the 1980s. In the 1990s, portable CD players became the most popular personal stereos. In the 2000s, digital players like the iPod became the dominant personal stereos. During this period, smart phones like the iPhone also became popular music listening devices.

Definition of personal stereo in the English dictionary

The definition of personal stereo in the dictionary is a very small audio cassette player designed to be worn attached to a belt and used with lightweight headphones.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSONAL STEREO

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personal identification number
personal insurance
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personal organizer
personal pension
personal pension plan
personal pronoun
personal property
personal relationships
personal shopper
personal space
personal stationery
personal stylist
personal trainer
personal tuition

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSONAL STEREO

absente reo
cameo
car stereo
Cuneo
Galileo
geo
home video
kohanga reo
Leo
Montevideo
music video
Oreo
paseo
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rodeo
Romeo
stereo
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video
vireo

Synonyms and antonyms of personal stereo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «personal stereo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSONAL STEREO

Find out the translation of personal stereo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of personal stereo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «personal stereo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

随身听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reproductor portátil
570 millions of speakers

English

personal stereo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यक्तिगत स्टीरियो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ستيريو صَغِير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

индивидуальный стереопроигрыватель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

toca-fitas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তিগত স্টেরিও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baladeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

stereo peribadi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Walkman®
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パーソナルステレオ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴대 스테레오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stereo pribadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy nghe nhạc cá nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிப்பட்ட ஸ்டீரியோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वैयक्तिक स्टिरीओ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kişisel stereo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

walkman
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przenośny odtwarzacz muzyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

портативний плеєр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aparat stereo portabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορητό στερεοφωνικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persoonlike stereo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

freestyle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bærbar CD-spiller
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of personal stereo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAL STEREO»

The term «personal stereo» is normally little used and occupies the 118.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAL STEREO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about personal stereo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSONAL STEREO»

Discover the use of personal stereo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to personal stereo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Personal Stereo
Describes the basic components of a personal stereo and explains how to use each part.
Catherine Chambers, 1998
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Popular Science
Whether you're jogging around the block listening to your favorite music cassette or FM stereo station, keeping up on a ball game on AM, or dictating into the built- in microphone, now just one personal stereo does it all. ENTERTAINMENT AND  ...
3
Billboard
Pol by {Continued on opposite* Summer CES In Personal Stereo Mart, Small Units Are Big. NEW YORK-Audio components-even audio/video compo- nenls- wil] be in Ihe spotlight this week at CES. The twice-yearly event traditionally serves as ...
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Billboard
It's no secret that total 1 982 blank audio cas setfe sales for the first six months of the year trailed steadily behind first half sales tallied in 1981. but blank tape manufacturers are adamant that personal stereo systems have ac counted for a large ...
5
Popular Science
Unitech, the personal stereo specialist has just introduced a new personal stereo that you've got to hear to believe. No, it's not the finest personal stereo you'll ever hear. And no, it's not the smallest you'll find. But, the sound is guaranteed to ...
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Consuming Music Together: Social and Collaborative Aspects ...
A central metaphor for use is one of 'control' or the management of experience through a creative dependency on the technology of the personal stereo and the music contained within it. Personal stereo users often created forms of ...
Kenton O'Hara, Barry Brown, 2006
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The Popular Music Studies Reader
Michael. Bull. FILMIC. CITIES. The. aesthetic. experience. of. the. personal-stereo . user. THE AESTHETICIZATION OF THE URBAN is well documented in the literature on urban habitation. Indeed it is one of the central motifs of much work that ...
Andy Bennett, Barry Shank, Jason Toynbee, 2006
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Popular Science
Of course you have 2 headphone jacks, which is really neat because you're going to get 2 pairs of headphones with this personal stereo. So, read on. But first you ought to know what a Kasuga is. It's a company in Japan, where this recorder is ...
9
Popular Science
The KLH Solo brings thun- deringly powerful realism to personal stereo. And frankly for its $169 price tag, it had better sound great. In a market flooded with cheap Hong Kong imports, the KLH stands out as the Audiophile's choice. And even ...
10
Popular Science
Cybernet in Japan made 1 6,000 of these super high quality personal stereo cassette players complete with FM tuner packs for the European Market. The instruction manual is printed in 7 languages, and luckily, one of them is English.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSONAL STEREO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term personal stereo is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to Use Apple Music on Your iPhone 6?
Once you master it, your iPhone 6 can be your personal stereo system. Customize “For You”. “For You” is one of the new features you will find ... «UKMN, Jul 15»
2
Review: Vox Custom Series AC10C1 Guitar Amp — Video
Considering it feels lighter than its stated 27 pounds, it's an ideal candidate for a personal stereo rig when using two. Dick Denney's original ... «Guitar World Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Samsung Galaxy S6
While HTC's handset could realistically be used as a personal stereo thanks to its BoomSound speaker setup, the same can't be said here - not ... «Pocket Gamer, Jun 15»
4
All Our Yesterdays Extra: More snaps from May 1989
From retro personal stereo prizes to Brownies at the Town Hall for tea, prize-winning gymnasts to goal-scoring football teams, there's all kind of ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 15»
5
Flunk: Deconstruction Time Again
Jean Claude Ades takes “Personal Stereo” to the disco, but wisely retains enough of the original's sad and affecting acoustic guitar line to keep ... «PopMatters, May 15»
6
Decades of Hand-wringing About Wearable Tech
Next time you leave your headphones at home, just be glad you don't have to cart around a 30-pound “personal stereo” to make your commute ... «New York Magazine, Apr 15»
7
Oxfam's £1000 Walkman
The personal stereo was sold by Oxfam in Stony Stratford to a collector in Hong Kong, and fetched a top price as it was still unused and in its ... «Milton Keynes Citizen, Mar 15»
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JAMES DELINGPOLE: It drives me potty when you can't pay to park …
... the personal stereo and that wondrous replacement for vinyl records (so robust, according to the Tomorrow's World presenter, that you could ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Life, and other things: Back to the '80s
... pushing my baby in my Maclaren toy buggy and singing away to Bananarama on my bright, white Philips Moving Sound personal stereo. «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
10
Where are they now? Tomorrow's World host Michael Rodd
“During those 11 years, I showcased everything from the first digital watch, to Teletext, the personal stereo, the CD player and, of course, the ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»

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