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Definition of "sound" []
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing. (noun)
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency. (noun)
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium. (noun)
- Such sensations considered as a group. (noun)
- A distinctive noise: a hollow sound. (noun)
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Use "sound" in a sentence
- "In. by sound, like the word "Numbers" which Macready proposed, and which is really _not a genuine In. by sound_, is of little service to a poor memory."
- "Give the name and the sound of each of the letters in the three following words: _letters, name, sound_."
- "All motion pictures might be characterized as _space measured without sound, plus time measured without sound_."