Definition of "loudspeaker" []

• A device that converts electric signals to audible sound. (noun)

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• "The loudspeaker is replaced by a microphone, which picks up sound."
• "At present the loudspeaker is the enemy of the creative writer, but this may not necessarily remain true when the volume and scope of broadcasting increase."
• "Suddenly, the entire campsite, the whole upper surface of the plateau was bathed in powerful white light, and there was a voice, in labored English, coming over some kind of loudspeaker from the air above them."