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Meaning of "quadraphonics" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF QUADRAPHONICS

ˌkwɒdrəˈfɒnɪks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUADRAPHONICS

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preposition
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Quadraphonics 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 QUADRAPHONICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quadraphonic sound

Quadraphonic sound – similar to what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another. Quadraphonic audio was the earliest consumer product in surround sound. It was a commercial failure due to many technical problems and format incompatibilities. Quadraphonic audio formats were more expensive to produce than standard two-channel stereo. Playback required additional speakers and specially designed decoders and amplifiers. The rise of home theatre products in the late 1980s and early 1990s brought multi-channel audio recording back into popularity, although in new digitally based formats. Thousands of quadraphonic recordings were made during the 1970s, and some of these recordings have been reissued in modern surround sound formats such as DTS, Dolby Digital, DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD. In 1967 the rock group Pink Floyd performed the first-ever surround-sound rock concert at “Games for May”, a lavish affair at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, where the band debuted its custom-made quadraphonic speaker system.

Definition of quadraphonics in the English dictionary

The definition of quadraphonics in the dictionary is a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. The speakers are fed by four separate amplified signals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUADRAPHONICS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUADRAPHONICS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE QUADRAPHONICS

acoustoelectronics · ambisonics · analytic phonics · architectonics · bionics · consumer electronics · cryonics · ebonics · environics · eudaemonics · geoponics · hedonics · hypersonics · mechanics · nucleonics · olfactronics · plate tectonics · quantum electronics · synthetic phonics · teledildonics · thermionics

Synonyms and antonyms of quadraphonics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quadraphonics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUADRAPHONICS

Find out the translation of quadraphonics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quadraphonics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quadraphonics» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

quadraphonics
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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quadraphonics
570 millions of speakers
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quadraphonics
510 millions of speakers
hi

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quadraphonics
380 millions of speakers
ar

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quadraphonics
280 millions of speakers
ru

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quadraphonics
278 millions of speakers
pt

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quadraphonics
270 millions of speakers
bn

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quadraphonics
260 millions of speakers
fr

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quadriphonie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Quadraphonics
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Quadrophonie
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

quadraphonics
130 millions of speakers
ko

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quadraphonics
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Quadraphonics
85 millions of speakers
vi

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quadraphonics
80 millions of speakers
ta

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quadraphonics
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

क्वाडेफोनिक्स
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kuadrafoni
70 millions of speakers
it

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quadraphonics
65 millions of speakers
pl

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quadraphonics
50 millions of speakers
uk

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quadraphonics
40 millions of speakers
ro

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quadraphonics
30 millions of speakers
el

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quadraphonics
15 millions of speakers
af

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quadraphonics
14 millions of speakers
sv

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quadraphonics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quadraphonics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quadraphonics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUADRAPHONICS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of quadraphonics
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quadraphonics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUADRAPHONICS»

Discover the use of quadraphonics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quadraphonics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Quadraphonics—. the. fuss. over. four.channel. sound. Keep your distance on the road Most drivers are familiar. THE FOUR-CHANNEL SOUND is coming on strong. An increasing number of FM stations are playing quadraphonic records (a  ...
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Sound Reproduction: Loudspeakers and Rooms
In the 1970s, we broke the two-channel doldrums with a misadventure into four- channel, called quadraphonics. The intentions were laudable: to deliver an enriched sense of direction and space. The key to achieving this was in the ability to ...
Floyd E. Toole, 2008
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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of ...
In the 1970s, we broke the two-channel doldrums with a misadventure into four- channel, called quadraphonics. The intentions were laudable: to deliver an enriched sense of direction and space. The key to achieving this was in the ability to ...
Floyd Toole, 2009
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High Fidelity
"Should I buy quadraphonics?" "Which systems will survive the next two or three years?" Be assured you're not alone in your uncertainty about four-channel. Manufacturers also cannot afford to invest in a product that will be out of date in a few ...
‎1973
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The Listener
by Barry Fox Ten years ago, all the hi-fi magazines were packed with articles on quadraphonics. Shops in Tottenham Court Road were busy selling quadraphonic systems and the BBC was experimenting with a system for radio broadcasts.
‎1983
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Spatial Audio
Ambisonic sound should be distinguished from quadraphonic sound, since quadraphonics explicitly requires the use of four loudspeaker channels, and cannot be adapted to the wide variety of pickup and listening situations which may be ...
Francis Rumsey, 2001
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Audio Engineer's Reference Book
Ambisonic sound should be distinguished from quadraphonic sound, since quadraphonics explicitly requires the use of four loudspeaker channels, and cannot be adapted to the wide variety of pick-up and listening situations which may be ...
Michael Talbot-Smith, 2001
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Cubase SX 2: Virtual MIDI and Audio Studio
Although a standard hasn't been adopted yet, and although several encoding systems for the 5.1 format exist concurrently, the fiasco of the "primitive" quadraphonics is unlikely to be repeated, even if more than one encoding system survives.
Roman Petelin, Yury Petelin, 2004
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New Scientist
Ambisonics is a technology for surround reproduction of sound wholly distinct from so-called "quadraphonics", and it was designed from the beginning to avoid the errors of aim and method that have prevented "quadraphonics" from being a ...
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Deconstructing the Computer:: Report of a Symposium
Philips spent two years looking at an analog long-playing disc; thinking quadraphonics was going to be big, the company was seeking a large-size disc with a capacity of two hours. When it saw, however, that quadraphonics wasn't going to ...
Committee on Deconstructing the Computer, Charles W. Wessner, Dale W. Jorgenson, 2005

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUADRAPHONICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quadraphonics is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thomas Dybdahl w Polsce, fani już się cieszą
Thomas Dybdahl karierę solową rozpoczął w roku 2000, kiedy po odejściu z grupy Quadraphonics, wydał EP-kę "Bird". Początkowo muzyk nie odnosił wielu ... «Dziennik.pl, Aug 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Quadraphonics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/quadraphonics>. May 2024 ».
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