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SOUND
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
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SOUND. 1. In technical terms, vibrations that travel through the air at some 1,087 feet (331 metres) per second at sea level and are heard through their stimulation of organs in the ear.
2. A particular effect of such vibrations;
the sound of bells;
a speech sound.
3. In
PHONETICS, the audible result of an utterance:
the b-sound in ‘big’. Although the nouns
sound and
noise can often be used interchangeably (
What was that sound/noise?),
sound usually relates to regular and harmonious vibrations,
noise to irregular and discordant vibrations. See
SPEECH,
TONE,
VOICE.
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Sound.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 4/26/2002; 700+ words
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Sounds like a good job.
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 9/10/2009; 700+ words
; What does a career as a live sound engineer involve? As a sound engineer, you would control the sound in live events such as theatre performances and music concerts. You would operate microphones, amplifiers and control desks to balance the...
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Designing Sounds for Science Fiction.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Extrapolation; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Designing Sounds for Science Fiction. William Whittington. Sound Design and Science Fiction...2007. 280pp. $22.95 pbk. * Sound Design and Science Fiction is...the development of the field of sound design in the contemporary cinema...
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Sounds determine when spring arrives.
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; ...lawn, particular sounds are undeniable evidence...rod. One certain sound of spring is the...lineage. Probably no sound is dearer to the...the world. Other sounds of spring are just...tends to carry the sounds that accompany it...just listen. The sound of an oar bumping...
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SOUNDS OF NATURE CREATE BEAUTIFUL MELODIES AT N.C. MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...metal reeds to "feel" sound. Visitors can sit back, relax and listen to sounds from around the world in the Power of Sound and Music Theater. Investigate...humans, are affected by sound and movement. There...nose and throat, animal sounds and more. "Wild Music...
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Sounds of a happy existence
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 5/17/2001; ; 601 words
; ...Pranava-Pranayama and the sound of "om" (or "aum"). This sound encompasses all sounds. It is the highest vibration...while thinking all three sounds (aaa, ooo, and mmm...three sections with the sound of "aaa" in the abdomen...
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SOUNDS LIKE SUCCESS: CAWOOD
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...Hears a Who! As assistant sound designer for the movie Enchanted...worked with a team to create sounds not heard in the real world...winner and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound, on the creation of new sounds for the various creatures...
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Sounds Around the Home
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 4/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...sounds from your room, sounds from your household. Do you want to hear the signature sound from my house? SIMON: Yeah...it could be a signature sound, the sound of your place. It could be the sounds of the street. It could...
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Sounds help us make sense of our lives.(Life-Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...says we process sound on three levels...as in language. Sounds take on meaning...essentially whistling sounds. "The range is greater for sound than for sight...Chinese opera always sounds high-pitched...One soothing sound probably is universal...
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Your favorite sounds.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...are just a few of the sounds you enjoy. My favorite sound is popcorn. It's a nice sound. Popcorn in the microwave sounds like Ping-Pong balls...Pennsylvania My favorite sound is a laugh or a giggle because it sounds funny, and it means...
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Sounds (in Psychical Research)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...rumbling and rolling sort of sound in the air behind us...repeated three times." The sounds in the s é ances...extraordinary range. The first sound, as distinct from raps...But there are other sounds which professedly emanate...and which resemble the sound of a tambourine played...
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sound
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...performer or of the sound produced by a particular...musical instrument: the sound of the Beatles. ∎ ( sounds ) inf. music, esp. popular music: sounds of the sixties...v. [ intr. ] emit sound: a loud buzzer sounded...
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Sound
Book article from: Mathematics
...xB0; C, the speed of sound is close to 343 meters...Frequency and Pitch. Sounds can have different frequencies...The frequency of the sound is the number of times...different frequencies of sound as different pitches...human ear can detect sounds with frequencies between...
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Sound Transmission in the Ocean
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Sound Transmission in the Ocean The speed of sound depends on the medium through which sound waves propagate. The speed of sound differs in air and water, with sound waves traveling faster in water. For example, in air at a temperature of 18...
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Sound Waves
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Sound Waves Sound waves are pressure waves that travel through gas, liquid, or solid...the human ear). In humans, conversion of the mechanical energy of the sound wave form into nervous stimulation results in the transmission of electrochemical...
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