Sensurround en · PROPN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround blend English Sensurround Blend of sense + surround, coined as a brand name.
Meanings
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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: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 129: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.
2010, Eve Zibart with Lea Lane and Aaron Starmer, The Unofficial Guide to New York City, →ISBN, page 455: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: