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Strength of sound: how loud it is.
The perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: volume
Antonyms: quietness, silence
Strength of sound: how loud it is.
The physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: volume
Antonyms: quietness, silence
tasteless showiness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tastelessness
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the kids played their music at full volume
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: volume, intensity
Antonyms: softness
Broader terms: sound property
Narrower terms: crescendo, forte, fortissimo
From Middle English loudnesse, lowdenesse, from Old English hlūdnes, equivalent to loud + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
hlasitost
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Finnish:
äänekkyys
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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German:
Lautheit
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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German:
Lautstärkepegel
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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German:
Lautstärke
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Hungarian:
hangosság
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Ido:
lauteso
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Japanese:
喧騒
(kensō)
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Latvian:
skaļums
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Polish:
głośność
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Russian:
гро́мкость
(grómkostʹ)
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Spanish:
sonoridad
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Spanish:
estrepitez
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Spanish:
intensidad sónica
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Spanish:
intensidad acústica
— perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure
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Finnish:
äänenvoimakkuus
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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French:
bruyance
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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German:
Schalldruckpegel
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Hungarian:
hangnyomásszint
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Ido:
lauteso
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Japanese:
音量
(onryō)
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Latvian:
skaļums
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Polish:
głośność
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Russian:
гро́мкость
(grómkostʹ)
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Spanish:
volumen
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Spanish:
sonoridad
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Spanish:
estrepitez
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Spanish:
intensidad sónica
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level
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Spanish:
intensidad acústica
— the physical strength of the sound pressure level