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Definition of sound

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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

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Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.

Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..

Toll :: Toll (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person..

Palatal :: Palatal (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y..

Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..

Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..

Euphonism :: Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.

Whack :: Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.

Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..

Concent :: Concent (n.) Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes..

Declamation :: Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation..

Well :: Well (a.) Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well..

Sameness :: Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like..

Cacophonious :: Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.

Hear :: Hear (v. i.) To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.

Insane :: Insane (a.) Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2..

Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. t.) To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low..

Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.