Definition of sound

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Sound (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound..

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Pue :: Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..
Unisonance :: Unisonance (n.) Accordance of sounds; unison.
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in fable..
Articulation :: Articulation (n.) A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves..
Rataplan :: Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse..
Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..
Dripping :: Dripping (n.) A falling in drops, or the sound so made..
Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum..
Assonance :: Assonance (n.) Resemblance of sound.
Fathom :: Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings..
Wholeness :: Wholeness (n.) The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness..
Sound :: Sound (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a h
Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds..
Laugh :: Laugh (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i..
Phonocamptic :: Phonocamptic (a.) Reflecting sound.
Clank :: Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains..
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