Definition of Loudness

1. Noun. The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction). "The kids played their music at full volume"

Exact synonyms: Intensity, Volume
Generic synonyms: Sound Property
Specialized synonyms: Crescendo, Forte, Fortissimo
Attributes: Loud, Soft
Derivative terms: Loud, Loud
Antonyms: Softness

2. Noun. Tasteless showiness.

Definition of Loudness

1. n. The quality or state of being loud.

Definition of Loudness

1. Noun. the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons ¹

2. Noun. the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loudness

1. the quality of being loud [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loudness

loudened
loudening
loudens
louder
loudest
loudful
loudhailer
loudhailers
loudish
loudlier
loudliest
loudly
loudmouth
loudmouthed
loudmouths
loudness (current term)
loudness perception
loudness race
loudness recruitment
loudness war
loudnesses
loudounite
loudspeaker
loudspeaker system
loudspeakers
loue
loued
louely
louer
louers

Literary usage of Loudness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Papers on Acoustics by Wallace Clement Sabine (1922)
"In other parts of the investigation on architectural acoustics the loudness of the sound emitted by each of the twenty-eight organ pipes in terms of the ..."

2. Sound and Music: a Non-mathematical Treatise on the Physical Constitution of by Sedley Taylor (1873)
"There is here, no doubt, considerable difference of loudness as well as of ... Two assigned musical sounds thus may differ from each other in loudness or ..."

3. Sound and Music by John Augustine Zahm (1892)
"To-day we shall discuss the subjects of loudness and pitch, ... In speaking of the loudness of sound we must carefully distinguish between the sensation of ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics by Exum Percival Lewis, Charles Elwood Mendenhall, Albert Pruden Carman, Robert Kenning McClung, William Hallock (1912)
"loudness, PITCH AND QUALITY. 690. Musical Sounds and Noises.—Under the name of noises are classed all those sounds which are too brief or too irregular to ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The general terms pitch, loudness, quality, and duration also embrace all the ... The general terms loudness and quality embrace all the distinctions heard ..."

6. Lessons in Vocal Expression: Course I. Processes of Thinking in the by Samuel Silas Curry (1895)
"The use of loudness or a thrust of force is a method employed by undisciplined and ... loudness is a purely physical element, and does not manifest thought. ..."

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