stereotape

[ ster-ee-oh-teyp, steer- ]

noun

1. magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereotape¹

First recorded in 1955–60; stereo- + tape

Example Sentences

Ford expects to sell 100,000 dashboard stereotape players the first year, but that is just the beginning of a whole new market: other automakers are sure to join the race, and potential sales are estimated at about a million dashboard units a year.

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The new stereotape player is also music to the ears of the recording, stereotape and electronics industries.

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The device, which Ford this week announced will be offered in most of its 1966 models: a dashboard stereotape player that will permit motorists to hear their favorite music on an 80-min.-per-tape cartridge �without interference from bumpy roads, tunnels, bridges or commercials.

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The sales of stereotape cartridges�which can be easily inserted, eliminate threading and rewinding of tape�have been disappointingly low since their introduction several years ago, largely because of the lack of a standard cartridge size and speed.

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Driver squiggles into bucket seat, straps on safety belt, injects stereotape cartridge into dashboard holder, and, to the engulfing strains of the 100-piece Boston Symphony, rolls away on wheels of song.

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