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Meaning of "quadraphony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUADRAPHONY

quadraphony  [kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUADRAPHONY

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Quadraphony 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 QUADRAPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quadraphony

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUADRAPHONY


acrophony
əˈkrɒfənɪ
ambiophony
ˌæmbɪˈɒfənɪ
angelophany
ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒfənɪ
apophony
əˈpɒfənɪ
autophony
ɔːˈtɒfənɪ
cacophony
kəˈkɒfənɪ
Christophany
krɪsˈtɒfənɪ
colophony
kɒˈlɒfənɪ
gramophony
ɡræˈmɒfənɪ
heterophony
ˌhɛtəˈrɒfənɪ
homophony
hɒˈmɒfənɪ
monophony
mɒˈnɒfənɪ
photophony
fəˈtɒfənɪ
quadrophony
kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ
radiophony
ˌreɪdɪˈɒfənɪ
satanophany
ˌseɪtənˈɒfənɪ
stereophony
ˌsterɪˈɒfənɪ
tautophony
tɔːˈtɒfənɪ
theophany
θɪˈɒfənɪ
Zoffany
ˈzɒfənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUADRAPHONY

quadrangle
quadrangular
quadrangularly
quadrans
quadrant
quadrantal
Quadrantid
quadraphonic
quadraphonics
quadraplegic
quadrasonic
quadrasonics
quadrat
quadrate
quadratic
quadratic equation
quadratical
quadratically
quadratrix
quadratura

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUADRAPHONY

Anthony
antiphony
aphony
autochthony
ciphony
diaphony
dodecaphony
euphony
laryngophony
phony
polyphony
radiotelephony
symphony
telephony
wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of quadraphony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quadraphony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUADRAPHONY

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

Translator English - Chinese

quadraphony
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quadraphony
570 millions of speakers

English

quadraphony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

quadraphony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

quadraphony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

quadraphony
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadraphony
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

quadraphony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quadriphonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quadraphony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quadrophonie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

quadraphony
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quadraphony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quadraphony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quadraphony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quadraphony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकोना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

quadraphony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quadrifonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quadraphony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

quadraphony
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

quadraphony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

quadraphony
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quadraphony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quadraphony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quadraphony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quadraphony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUADRAPHONY»

The term «quadraphony» is used very little and occupies the 169.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUADRAPHONY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUADRAPHONY»

Discover the use of quadraphony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quadraphony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consumer Electronics
2.2.1 The stereophonic system 2.2.3 Quadraphony In stereophony, two channels are used to simulate the sources of sound through speakers. But this is insufficient, since the sound from different sources surrounds the listener completely ...
J.S.Chitode, 2007
2
How It Works: Science and Technology
These techniques were known as quadraphony. When attending a live performance, an audience member hears mainly the sounds emanating directly from the stage. These sounds are encoded in the left-front (Lf) and right-front (Rf) channels ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation Staff, 2003
3
Consumer Electronics
QUADRAPHONY. The word quadraphonic is derived from two roots, quad meaning four and phone meaning sound. Thus quadraphony denotes four- channel sound; see Fig. 15.3. Let us now look at the various ways of achieving four-channel ...
Bali, 2007
4
Ireneusz Iredynski: Selected One-Act Plays for Radio
QUADRAPHONY. (Voices speaking in a whisper. Volume swelling and fading by turns. Words indistinct. The sweet tones of a flute drown out the whispers. Then a sudden crash of drums, a clash of sounding brass, then silence.) FEMALE ...
Kevin Windle, 2014
5
The Michigan Technic
Indicative of the state of disarray is the indecision about what to call it: quadraphony, quadrasonic, quadriphonic, tetraphonic, tetrasonic, quadraphony, quadrusonic have all been used. Not all, by the way, are grammatically correct. Why Is Four ...
‎1974
6
Langues et littératures: Linguistique, stylistique, traduction
Thus, beside kilometre / kilometer stressed like a compound a M00/ variant ( kilometer) displays an analogical pronunciation imitated from pentameter or telemeter. In a few cases regular stress-patterns in /-100/ (s t e atopy g ous, quadraphony, ...
Lance Hewson, 2001
7
Newnes Dictionary of Electronics
For an inductor Q is given by Lu)/R and for the capacitor 1/u)CR. quadraphony In sound reproduction an extension of the stereo principle, in which two further channels are used to originate stereo sound behind the listener to give the illusion ...
S W Amos, Roger Amos, 2002
8
Cubase SX 2: Virtual MIDI and Audio Studio
This disadvantage occurred because quadraphony didn't take into account the features of human auditory organs. Like vision, human hearing is directed forward. A person hears sources located behind him or her, but they are perceived ...
Roman Petelin, Yury Petelin, 2004
9
Adobe Audition: Soundtracks for Digital Video
... nature of an actual sound field, and stereo panorama is limited to the angle between the directions to the speakers, and thus is a plane. One of the first attempts to overcome the demerits inherent to stereo systems was quadraphony ( to ...
Roman Petelin, Yury Petelin, 2004
10
BBC Engineering
2.2 Discrete Quadraphony In this system four input signals are recorded and/or transmitted as four separate channels and replayed over four loudspeakers; it is therefore known as a 4-4-4 system. Much of the recorded material which is ...
BBC Engineering, 1972

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUADRAPHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quadraphony is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shoup / Burns / Radding / Campbell: The Levitation Shuffle (2007)
Track Listing: Heraldic Quadraphony; Meta-Morphed; Caressing the Cube; Meson Masons; Fins 'n Hoodoos; Stacatto Flue; Arching the Energy Puzzle. «All About Jazz, Jun 07»

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« EDUCALINGO. Quadraphony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/quadraphony>. Apr 2024 ».
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