6. a. speech sound. b. the audible result of an articulation, utterance, or part of an utterance: the th-sound in there. 7. the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction. 8. the quality of an event, letter, etc., as...
Some quarter of a century ago I read a book by Swedish uralist Björn Collinder. For some reason he referred to a study of the alleged ‘beuaty’ of European languages. They had measured on an oscilloscope the smoothness and ‘pureness’ of sound waves in everyday speech (a prejudice pe...
2. The sensation produced in the organs of hearing by waves of this type. See Note at ultrasound. Did You Know? The form of energy called sound is produced when matter moves or vibrates. The vibrations are transferred to another medium, usually the air, and travel through it as sound wa...
6. a. speech sound. b. the audible result of an articulation, utterance, or part of an utterance: the th-sound in there. 7. the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction. 8. the quality of an event, letter, etc., as...
6. a. speech sound. b. the audible result of an articulation, utterance, or part of an utterance: the th-sound in there. 7. the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction. 8. the quality of an event, letter, etc., as...
6. a. speech sound. b. the audible result of an articulation, utterance, or part of an utterance: the th-sound in there. 7. the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction. 8. the quality of an event, letter, etc., as...
2. The sensation produced in the organs of hearing by waves of this type. See Note at ultrasound. Did You Know? The form of energy called sound is produced when matter moves or vibrates. The vibrations are transferred to another medium, usually the air, and travel through it as sound wa...