Definition of "sibilance" []

• The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality. (noun)

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• "I’m mostly pro-stimulus myself, but I don’t think that extra bit of sibilance is going to persuade anyone."
• "It is used to eliminate hiss (also called sibilance) from the signal."
• "It is again a track with minimal background, but rhythmically intriguing with lovely, intentional sibilance."