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- DictionarySound/sound/
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"
- 2. convey a specified impression when heard: "he sounded worried"
Jul 1, 2012 · 1. a. : a particular auditory impression : tone. b. : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing. c. : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing. 2. a. : a speech sound. a peculiar r-sound. b. : value in terms of speech sounds.
SOUND definition: 1. something that you can hear or that can be heard: 2. the activity of recording and broadcasting…. Learn more.
Sound definition: the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.. See examples of SOUND used in a sentence.
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.
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.
Sound is energy that travels in waves through air, water, or other substances, and can be heard.
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.
