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Meaning of periphonic in English:

periphonic

Pronunciation /ˌpɛrɪˈfɒnɪk/

adjective

  • Of sound reproduction: involving speakers at different heights so as to add a vertical distribution of sound to the horizontal one of stereophony.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in The Times. From peri- + -phonic.