Dolby
AMERICAN COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN AUDIO NOISE REDUCTION AND AUDIO ENCODING/COMPRESSION.
Dolby system; Dolby Labs; Dolby Stereo Format Codes; Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation; Dolby Perceptual Quantizer; Dolby Laboratories; Dolby Laboratories Inc.
['d?lbi, 'd??l-]
¦ noun trademark
1. an electronic noise-reduction system used in tape recording.
2. an electronic system providing stereophonic sound for cinemas and televisions.
Origin
1960s: named after the American engineer Ray M. Dolby.