insulation | the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity |
sound ranging | locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
sound reproduction | the reproduction of sound |
acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness |
acoustic delay line sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
acoustic guitar | sound is not amplified by electrical means |
acoustic modem | a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again |
acoustic storage | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
audio system sound system | a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
electro-acoustic transducer | a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
gramophone acoustic gramophone | an antique record player, the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically |
hi-fi high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes |
sound camera | a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
sound recording audio recording audio | a recording of acoustic signals |
sound spectrograph | a spectrograph for acoustic spectra |
sound truck | a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
judgment judgement sound judgment sound judgement perspicacity | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause, the sound of rain on the roof, the beautiful sound of music |
sound property | an attribute of sound |
echo reverberation sound reflection replication | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves, she could hear echoes of her own footsteps |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
acoustic radiation pressure | (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave |
auditory meatus acoustic meatus ear canal auditory canal external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
acoustic nerve auditory nerve vestibulocochlear nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
auditory perception sound perception | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
sound effect | an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play |
morphology sound structure syllable structure word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
sound law | a law describing sound changes in the history of a language |
audio sound | the audible part of a transmitted signal, they always raise the audio for commercials |
phonetic alphabet sound alphabet | an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech |
phone speech sound sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
vowel vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
sonant voiced sound | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
sound bite | a very short speech, usually on radio or television |
acoustic buoy | a buoy that can be heard (at night) |
sound wave acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event, the sound awakened them |
Long Island Sound | a sound between Long Island and Connecticut |
Puget Sound | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State |
Queen Charlotte Sound | an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia |
sound | a large ocean inlet or deep bay, the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast |
strait sound | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
acoustic phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |