Sensurround

/ ˈsɛnsəˌraʊnd /

noun

1. a sound reproduction system used esp in cinemas, in which low-frequency output causes bodily sensations in the audience, resulting in a feeling of involvement in the film

Example Sentences

When the movie premiered in 1974, theaters presented it with a special speaker system called Sensurround which made auditorium seats vibrate during sequences of ear-shattering mayhem.

From Los Angeles Times

Where was all the rich high-fidelity we’ve come to expect from Sensurround electronics?

From Salon

Accompanied by an oceanic World Music-style soundscape, the videos offer a Sensurround soak in the vitality and variety of diaspora as the museum envisions it.

From New York Times

It’s still a minor scandal among connoisseurs that in 1974 the “Sensurround” gimmick used in “Earthquake” beat out Walter Murch’s far more subtle and ingenious work using silence and shifting dynamics on Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.”

From Washington Post

Underneath the birdsong and the buzzing of insects — Alexandr Dudarev’s soundscape is an irreplaceable part of the film’s immersive, almost Sensurround effect — there is the rumble of far-off traffic.

From Los Angeles Times