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Dolby

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Dol·by  (dlb)
A trademark used for an electronic device that eliminates noise from recorded sound and audio signals.
Dolby [ˈdɒlbɪ]
n
(Electronics)™ any of various specialized electronic circuits, esp those used for noise reduction in tape recorders by functioning as companders on high-frequency signals
[named after R. Dolby (born 1933), its US inventor]
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Noun1.Dolby - United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
Ray M. Dolby
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Dolby® [ˈdɒlbɪ] N → Dolby ® m
Dolby® [ˈdɒlbi] modif [system, sound] → Dolby m
Dolby®
n → Dolby® nt


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Chutney, who was at the head of the civil service (and who afterwards married Miss Dolby, a young lady only thirteen years of age who had just arrived from school in Europe), was just at the point of proposing to her.
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