stere

UK: /stɪə/ US: (stēr)

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stere (stēr), n. 

1. Weights and Measures a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. Abbr.: st

• Greek stereós solid
• French stère
• 1790–1800

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stere / stɪə/ noun

1. a unit used to measure volumes of stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (35.315 cubic feet)

Etymology: 18th Century: from French stère, from Greek stereos solid

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ster•e•o /ˈstɛriˌoʊ, ˈstɪr-/   n., pl. ster•e•os, adj. 
n. 

1. Sound Reproduction [countable] a system or piece of equipment for producing sound that comes out of two places, as from different speakers.
2. Sound Reproduction the producing of this kind of sound;
   the sound itself:
   [uncountable] The music sounds so much better in stereo.

adj. 

3. Sound Reproduction, Photography of or relating to such a sound or sound system:
   an expensive and powerful stereo system.

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ster•e•o  (ster′ē ō′, stēr′-), n., pl. ster•e•os, adj., v. 
n. 

1. stereoscopic photography.
2. a stereoscopic photograph.
3. Sound Reproduction stereophonic sound reproduction.
4. Sound Reproduction a system or the equipment for reproducing stereophonic sound.
5. Printing stereotype (defs. 1, 2).

adj. 

6. Sound Reproduction, Photography pertaining to stereophonic sound, stereoscopic photography, etc.

v.t. 

7. Printing stereotype (def. 5).

• by shortening 1815–25

stereo-, 

1. a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant "solid'', used with reference to hardness, solidity, three-dimensionality in the formation of compound words:
   stereochemistry;
   stereogram;
   stereoscope.

Also,[esp. before a vowel,] stere-. 

• Greek stereós

stereo., 

1. Printing stereotype.