Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc; room (space) for one's head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room, space, volume
noun
The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm and its maximum possible performance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of headspace (“space between the top of the contents of a container and its seal”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: headspace
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dynamic headroom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: high fidelity, hi-fi
noun
vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: headway, clearance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room, way, elbow room
History
From head + room.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
