Dolby Pro Logic: Dolby Surround technology delivers four channels of audio - Left, Center, Right, and Mono Surround - that are matrix-encoded onto just two audio tracks. These two tracks are then carried on stereo program sources such as TV broadcasts and feature films on VHS.

 

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Promoter: The specific nucleotide sequence in DNA that marks the beginning of a gene.

Promittor: The slower moving of two planets in aspect; the receiver of an aspect.

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