English

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ track.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: mŭlʹtē-trăk′, IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.tiˌtɹæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk
  • Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧track

Adjective

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multitrack (not comparable)

  1. Having or involving more than one track.
    1. (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
      • 2007 July 15, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Dire, Droll, Dreamy and on the Edge of Kitsch”, in New York Times[1]:
        Lush is the only word for Ulrich Schnauss’s “Goodbye” (Domino), an album that makes most multitrack pop confections sound spartan.
    2. (railways) Of a railway line: having multiple, parallel tracks.

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Verb

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multitrack (third-person singular simple present multitracks, present participle multitracking, simple past and past participle multitracked)

  1. (music) To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track)