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loudness

loudness

4 1.8
How strong a sound is when people hear it
  • noun
  • /ˈlaʊdnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : volumen
  • The loudness of the concert made it hard to carry on a conversation.
  • loudness and pitch
  • loudness level
  • loudness match

However in terms of like stability, it doesn't like, you know, it doesn't feel like there's wind rush or any sort of loudness.

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Examples

  • Intensity is a quantitative measurement of sound; loudness is our subjective judgment of this measurement.

    Academic text (1990)

  • They've done these experiments with like with sounds or noise of various loudness and duration.

  • And and I love the loudness that you bring and I mean that like in the most positive way possible.

  • Oh, William, so much loudness.

    Heartbreakers (2001)

  • What you have is sort of loudness and brashness.

  • Another is intensity, loudness in, in decibels, how loud I am speaking.

  • A subjective rating of snoring loudness was provided by the patients' bed partners.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Five of the 21 patients (24%) experienced a reduction in snoring loudness of 50% or greater.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The wind chilled him; the concatenations of the surf were assaultive in their loudness, affecting his nerves.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Stimuli were presented to listeners at comfortable loudness levels through headphones (Samson RH600).

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

volume
vsloudness
139 2.0

How loud a sound is often changed on devices

is the perceived magnitude of sound regardless of device settings
intensity
vsloudness
  • Specialized
69 4.4

How strong light, sound, or other waves are

is about human perception of sound level rather than physical energy
noise level
vsloudness
  • Specialized
5 3.1

How loud unwanted background sound is

is the general perceived sound strength not limited to unwanted sounds

Antonyms

quietness
7 1.0

A lack of noise or disturbance in a place

softness
1 1.6

A quiet, gentle sound, like a whisper or soft music

How Loud

din
28 3.9
roar
142 1.0
loudness
  • Specialized
4 1.8
quietness
7 1.0
silence
660 2.0

Surface Forms

loudness singular
loudnesses plural

Morphology

loudness = loud (transparent) = loud + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'loud' with '-ness' expressing the quality or degree of being loud, directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

Loudness comes from the simple word loud plus the ending -ness, and loud goes back to an old English word hlūd that meant 'noisy'. So loudness is the degree or amount of 'noise' in a sound, or how strong a sound seems to our ears.