Meanings
sensurround1
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Sensurround.
She'd felt it coming in the routing reading of signals in the marriage sensurround.
1998, Don DeLillo, Underworld, →ISBN, page 1152 more examples
Forty-seven malnourished men can make a surprising amount of noise. Never again do I expect to experience Dolby sensurround quadrophonic Nicam digital snoring of such exceptional quality.
2000, Pete McCarthy, McCarthy's Bar, →ISBN, page 306The selections here are mostly dark, heavy, and propulsive, with enough sensurround synthistry to soundtrack an IMAX film about underwater life.
2001 January, Michaelangelo Matos, “Reviews”, in Spin, volume 17, number 1, page 118
Sensurround2
- An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience.
For Libby, hysterics were an MGM Technicolor production in Dolby Sound and Sensurround.
2006, Nancy Martin, Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too, →ISBN, page 1293 more examples
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.
1977 December, “Rolling and reeling with Sensurround”, in New Scientist, page 771Who is against upgrades, jump cuts, more channels, better speakers, the Sensurround pleasure dome of everyday life?
2002, Todd Gitlin, Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives, →ISBN, page 115Upstairs, 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.
2010, Eve Zibart with Lea Lane and Aaron Starmer, The Unofficial Guide to New York City, →ISBN, page 455
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sent-
- Proto-Italic*sentiō
- Latinsentiō
- Latinsēnsu
- Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
- Frankish*sinn
- Vulgar Latin*sennus
- Old Frenchsens
- Middle Englishsense
- Englishsense
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Latinunda
- Latinundō
- Late Latinsuperundō
- Middle Frenchsouronder
- Middle Englishsourrounden
- Englishsurround
- EnglishSensurround
Blend of sense + surround, coined as a brand name.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
sensurround. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensurround
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