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- Dictionarysound/saʊnd/
noun
- 1. vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear: "light travels faster than sound"
- 2. sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise.
verb
- 1. emit or cause to emit sound: "a loud buzzer sounded" Similar
- 2. convey a specified impression when heard: "he sounded worried"
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SOUND definition: 1. something that you can hear or that can be heard: 2. the activity of recording and broadcasting…. Learn more.
The meaning of SOUND is a particular auditory impression : tone. How to use sound in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Sound.
Noise, caused by irregular vibrations, is more properly applied to a loud, discordant, or unpleasant sound: the noise of shouting. Tone is applied to a musical sound having a certain quality, resonance, and pitch.
SOUND meaning: 1. something that you can hear or that can be heard: 2. the activity of recording and broadcasting…. Learn more.
a periodic disturbance in the pressure or density of a fluid or in the elastic strain of a solid, produced by a vibrating object. It has a velocity in air at sea level at 0°C of 331 metres per second (741 miles per hour) and travels as longitudinal waves. b. ( as modifier) a sound wave.
A sound is a noise, something you can hear if you're in the right spot and it's loud enough. A doorbell, a fire alarm, a cat's meow, or your brother's snoring — they’re all sounds. SKIP TO CONTENT
Definition. Sound is defined as " (a) Oscillation in pressure, stress, particle displacement, particle velocity, etc., propagated in a medium with internal forces (e.g., elastic or viscous), or the superposition of such propagated oscillation. (b) Auditory sensation evoked by the oscillation described in (a)." [2]
Definition of sound noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SOUND definition: 1. something that you hear or that can be heard: 2. how something seems to be, from what you have…. Learn more.
1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a speed of approximately 1087 ft. (331 m) per second at sea level and at other speeds in other media.
