Sensurround

See also: sensurround

English

Etymology

Blend of sense +‎ surround, coined as a brand name.

Proper noun

Sensurround

1. An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience.
   • 1977 December, “Rolling and reeling with Sensurround”, in New Scientist‎^[1], page 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.

   • 2002, Todd Gitlin, Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives‎^[2], →ISBN, page 115:

     Who is against upgrades, jump cuts, more channels, better speakers, the Sensurround pleasure dome of everyday life?

   • 2006, Nancy Martin, Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too‎^[3], →ISBN, page 129:

     For Libby, hysterics were an MGM Technicolor production in Dolby Sound and Sensurround.

   • 2010, Eve Zibart with Lea Lane and Aaron Starmer, The Unofficial Guide to New York City‎^[4], →ISBN, page 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.