Word.ws English Dictionary

sensurround

sensurround is the alternative letter-case form of Sensurround.

Proper noun capitalized: Sensurround

Sensurround

  1. An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience.
    • 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 771
    • Who 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 115

Origin of sensurround

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

Questions about sensurround

What does sensurround mean?
Sensurround means an audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience.
What is sensurround the alternative letter-case form of?
Sensurround is the alternative letter-case form of Sensurround.
What part of speech is sensurround?
Sensurround is a proper noun.

Words near sensurround in the dictionary

  1. sensuosity
  2. sensuous
  3. sensuously
  4. sensuousness
  5. sensuousnesses
  6. sensurround
  7. sensy
  8. sent
  9. sent a boy to do a man's job
  10. sent a message
  11. sent a shiver down someone's spine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sensurround (page history and authors); Sensurround (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “sensurround.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sensurround. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.