[ Gr. stereo`s solid. See Stare to gaze. ] A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. stereo`s solid + &unr_; that treads or covers, akin to &unr_; base; cf. F. stéréobate. ] (Arch.) The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + chemistry. ] (Chem.) Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stereochromic picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy. -- Ste`re*o*chro"mic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Stereo- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stereo- + electric. ] (Physics) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -gram. ] A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -graph. ] Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. [ 1913 Webster ]