audibility
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6.3
- noun
- /ɔːˈdɪbɪlɪti/
- Classroom sound-field systems improve the overall audibility of the teacher's voice for everyone in the class.
- threshold of audibility
Examples
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The audiograms presented above serve only as an illustration of how aided and unaided hearing sensitivity may affect the audibility of traffic sounds.
Academic text (1997) -
In a loud concert, the audibility of the singer's voice was occasionally drowned out by the instruments.
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Therefore, the audibility of the noise may vary depending on the environment.
Academic text (1997) -
But it should be possible to transpose your music to within our limits of audibility.
Fiction book (1991) -
She sighs just on the edge of audibility.
Fiction book (1997) -
It is important to note that the threshold of audibility should, in most instances, be better for noise than for pure tones.
Academic text (1997) -
Amplitude compression is widely used in hearing aids to provide audibility without making loud sounds uncomfortable.
Academic text (2012) -
Finally, the audibility of energy present at frequencies from 125 to 250 Hz may be sufficient to allow interpretation of traffic movement.
Academic text (1997) -
It is, therefore, important to understand the auditory thresholds of the traveler and the nature and audibility of traffic sounds.
Academic text (1997) -
The teacher raised her voice to ensure the audibility of her instructions for all students in the classroom.
Synonyms
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7.2
A quality that makes something easy to notice by the senses or mind
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6.4
How far and how clearly people hear a sound in a place
The ability to be heard clearly
A sound quality that makes a voice or instrument travel far and be heard clearly
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Audibility comes from the Latin root aud- (from audire) meaning 'to hear', the same root you see in audio, audible, and audience. So, audibility is the quality of how well something can be heard.