单词 | quadraphonic |
释义 | quadraphonicadj.n. Sound Recording. A. adj. Designating a system of sound recording and reproduction that employs four signal sources, two or more channels, and four loudspeakers, these being placed so that the original front-to-back sound distribution may be reproduced as well as the side-to-side distribution of stereophony; of, relating to, or produced by such a system. Cf. stereophonic adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adjective] > recorded by specific system taped1892 phonographed1897 acoustic1926 acoustical1926 stereophonic1927 monaural1931 multitracked1931 binaural1933 multitrack1935 tape-recorded1951 telediphoned1952 stereo1954 multi-taped1955 monophonic1958 pretaped1958 mono1960 audiotaped1962 multichannel1962 quarter-track1962 Dolby1966 quadraphonic1968 tetraphonic1969 periphonic1970 quad1970 quadrasonic1970 Dolbyized1971 QS1972 Dolbyed1973 premix1977 quadro1977 1968 R. E. Prouty U.S. Patent 3,375,329 2 In Fig. 2, A, B and C represent three performing actors defining an audio situation unfolding beneath the quadrangular arrangement of microphones or, more accurately, the monaxial quadraphonic system. 1969 High Fidelity Sept. 63/1 The four channels might be used for double ping-pong effects—perhaps a quadriphonic version of ‘Switched on Bach’. 1977 Times 13 Apr. 1/8 Quadraphonic broadcasts—radio in the round—are to be transmitted for an experimental period of 12 months by the BBC. 1981 M. Duggan in L. Wevers N.Z. Short Stories (1984) 4th Ser. 59 ‘Occupational therapy,’ he says. ‘Quieter than the accordion or the jewsharp or quadrophonic low impedance infidelity.’ 1987 Punch 26 Aug. 38/2 They will sit on real leather and sheepskin and enjoy the sound of quadrophonic after-dinner speakers. 2003 R. Liddle Too Beautiful for You (2004) 81 Formal Gravadlax Intifada pounded out of the in-car quadrophonic speaker system behind, below and beside him. B. n. = quadraphony n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > systems of phonography1861 wire recording1933 stereophony1950 half-track1956 stereo1956 stereophonics1958 lip-synchronization1959 mono1959 monophony1959 pretaping1959 over-recording1961 Dolby1966 quadraphonics1968 quadraphony1969 surround sound1969 periphony1970 quad1971 multitrack1972 quadraphonic1972 quadro1972 pseudoquadraphony1975 multitracking1977 vertical recording1982 bitstream1989 1972 Esquire June 55/3 (advt.) Should you wait until quadraphonic is perfected? 1977 Homes & Gardens Nov. 161 Quadraphonic was boosted..when the BBC developed Matrix H, a new method of mixing and encoding quadraphonic signals. Derivatives ˌquadraˈphonically adv. in a quadraphonic way; by means of quadraphony. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adverb] > system acoustically1927 stereophonically1940 monaurally1958 monophonically1959 quadraphonically1970 1970 High Fidelity Mag. Nov. 76/2 In classical music recorded quadriphonically the two front channels serve the same use as the left and right channels of conventional stereo. 1976 Gramophone Mar. 1441/2 The hall sound and orchestral layout were beautifully conveyed quadraphonically. 1990 T. Robbins Skinny Legs & All 82 Since they had legal and physical access to four speakers, they used them all, receiving the cartoony assault of the snack bar commercial quadrophonically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1968 |
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