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Sensurround
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sensurround
English
Etymology
en :blend sense surround 1
en sense surround, coined as a brand name.
Proper noun
An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience.
en 1977 December Rolling and reeling with Sensurround New Scientist http://books.google.com/books?id=y6RE-WJTYewC&lpg=PA771&dq=sensurround&pg=PA771#v=onepage&q=sensurround&f=false 771 The object of Sensurround is to subject the audience to such high levels of such low frequency sound that they feel as well as hear the sound waves.
en 2002 Todd Gitlin Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives http://books.google.com/books?id=07xgYdikrp0C&lpg=PA115&dq=sensurround&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q=sensurround&f=false 0805086897 115 Who is against upgrades, jump cuts, more channels, better speakers, the Sensurround pleasure dome of everyday life?
en 2006 Nancy Martin Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too http://books.google.com/books?id=31D4CjtWaiUC&lpg=PA129&dq=sensurround&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q=sensurround&f=false 0451218930 129 For Libby, hysterics were an MGM Technicolor production in Dolby Sound and Sensurround.
en 2010 Eve Zibart with Lea Lane and Aaron Starmer The Unofficial Guide to New York City http://books.google.com/books?id=9b0N3HMGyn4C&lpg=PA455&dq=sensurround&pg=PA455#v=onepage&q=sensurround&f=false 978-0-470-53327-7 455 Upstairs, you enter a cavernous ballroom, like a junior high school auditorium taken over by aliens with superior technology—featuring amazing lighting tricks and a Sensurround–style bass response that makes your chest feel as if it's going to explode.