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Tasteless showiness
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loudness
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Word definitions for loudness in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Loudness is the characteristic of a sound that is primarily a psychological correlate of physical strength ( amplitude ). More formally, it is defined as "that attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loudness \Loud"ness\, n. The quality or state of being loud.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English hludnis "loudness, clamor;" see loud + -ness .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume , intensity ] [ant: softness ] tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness , garishness , gaudiness , brashness , meretriciousness , tawdriness ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons 2 the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels
Usage examples of loudness.
And because she curbed the loudness of Maizella's rather good basic voice, she was very welcome indeed - not just by the girl's disenchanted half-brothers and sisters, but by many of the adults who resided in the Hold.
His uncle Abbas, who, like the heroes of Homer, excelled in the loudness of his voice, made the valley resound with the recital of the gifts and promises of God: the flying Moslems returned from all sides to the holy standard.
I can break down chords, and timbres, and words too into all the basic frequencies and harmonics, with all their different loudnesses, and listen to them, each pure tone, but all at once.
It is the combinations of overtones-along with the resonating characteristics of the pharyngeal, nasal and oral cavities that amplify specific frequencies-that account m large measure for the vocal quality thdt makes each individual s voice somewhat unique For instance, the trained singing voice owes its richness to overtones of more than ordi nary amplitude Sktllful manipulation of Voice requires generating these overtones without altering the basic pitch or loudness of the perceived voice Each individual word or phoneme requires a unique combination of perceived tones and extraperceptual frequencies This perceptual/extraperceptual ratio (specific combination .
The ordinary bracelet cries with quite sufficient radio loudness to be heard by more than one thanatic station, when we die.