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Definition of Loudspeaker
1. Noun. Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance.
Specialized synonyms: Bullhorn, Loud Hailer, Loud-hailer, Intercom Speaker, Squawk Box, Squawker, Subwoofer, Tannoy, Tweeter, Woofer
Generic synonyms: Electro-acoustic Transducer
Group relationships: P.a., P.a. System, Pa, Pa System, Public Address System
Definition of Loudspeaker
1. Noun. An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound. ¹
2. Noun. An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loudspeaker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loudspeaker
Literary usage of Loudspeaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Radio-telephony for Everyone: The Wireless: how to Construct and Maintain by Laurence Marsham Cockaday (1922)
"In other words a loudspeaker will work much better if the amplifier tubes have
a rather high voltage applied to them than if the single ..."
2. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"A traditional, conceptually simple way to increase the perceived sound level in
the lower part of the audible spectrum (below the loudspeaker's resonance ..."
3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"The ear-apparatus or loudspeaker, therefore, transmits the speech, song or music
through a mechanical process, consequently broadcasting ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"A loudspeaker had been set up at the end of the public square, between the
Government Party offices and the town hall, and adorned with flags. ..."