1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 166 Stereo, abbreviated from stereotype, one of the cheap-and-nasty manufactures in this country, the pages being usually left incorrect and blunderous, in pursuance of the saving plan which first suggested casting them in stereo.

1883 Athenæum 22 Dec. 811/1 We have not compared the two issues line for line together; but on a cursory examination they appear to owe their origin to the same set of stereos.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 132–3.

1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 18 Apr. 397/2 The best part of the entertainment is Mr. Osmond Carr's music—mere stereo, no doubt, much of it, but smart, appropriate stereo.

1901 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 4/5 The old, hammered ‘stereos’ of the cricket reporter.

1876 Nature 12 Oct. 525/2 A stereo-slide to which it was appended was sketched by myself in January last.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. cli Single Stereo Lenses.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 309 A camera..specially constructed for stereo work.

1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 187 Stereo views can be shown upon a screen.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 11/3 (advt.) Also on view are such items as a glass-plate camera from the period and stereo cards mounted in hand-operated viewers.

1976 Church Times 3 Dec. 6/5 Two handsome books contain, respectively, a stereoscopic viewer with facsimiles of old stereocards, and a lively illustrated history of stereographic photography.

1943 H. T. U. Smith Aerial Photographs iii. 79 Ink marks..detract seriously from the effectiveness of depth perception, particularly when on only one photo of a stereo pair.

1966 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 14/5 These pictures will form stereo-pairs and can be analysed by standard techniques of photo-interpretation to give maximum information about the terrain.

1977 J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 299 One reason why stereo cameras have gone out of favour is that you can easily make stereo~pairs with an ordinary camera.

1954 Wireless World Jan. 7/1 The first full-length stereo~phonic film to be released was Walt Disney's ‘Fantasia’,..with stereo sound photographically recorded on four tracks on a separate sound film.

1958 Times 20 Jan. 10/4 What stereo discs have achieved is to combine these two channels in one groove traced by one stylus.

1958 Times 20 Jan. 10/4 When the B.B.C. establishes stereo broadcasts..it may give a new lease of life to radio manufacturers.

1960 Pract. Wireless 36 299/2 A variety of instrumental, choral and solo recordings, both monaural and binaural (stereo).

1963 Which? Jan. 3/1 Equipment for reproducing stereo records is more elaborate than for mono, and relatively few stereo record players are sold.

1976 ‘A. York’ Dark Passage xii. 144 The stereo cassette recorder was switched on.

1977 G. Scott Hot Pursuit xv. 147 My heartbeat began to pound as though stereo headphones had been clamped to my head.

1956 Radio & Television News Aug. 35/1 (heading) What should stereo do?

1957 Audio Jan. 12/2 Tape is the only logical medium for stereo.

1958 Observer 20 Apr. 10/5 In adding another dimension to our listening, stereo represents a most significant advance in the quest for concert-hall realism.

1961 John o' London's 5 Oct. 396/4 The new Decca issue..presents both works in first-class stereo.

1970 Jrnl. Audio Engin. Soc. 18 624 The transmission of four-channel stereo by means of FM-multipler techniques.

1972 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 13/1 The BBC is to start programmes in stereo on Radios 1 and 2 from the end of September.

1964 House & Garden Nov. 62/2 (caption) The wall unit houses the stereo.

1971 Daily Tel. 24 Sept. 12 I am unable to understand pop words seated 3ft away from a high quality stereo.

1976 P. Cave High Flying Birds iv. 52 Lorna showed us into the villa and put some low, slow background music on the stereo.

1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons i. iii. 37 You got full sound in the Charlton house? And a stereo? I can't live without music.