quadraphonic

quadraphonic
/kwod'reuh fon"ik/, adj.
of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
Also, four-channel, quadriphonic, quadrasonic /kwod'reuh son"ik/. Cf. monophonic, stereophonic.
[1965-70; quadra-, var. of QUADRI- + -phonic, as in STEREOPHONIC]

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