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sound-and-light — /sownd euhn luyt /, adj. combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound and light presentation. [1960 65] * * * sound and light «SOWND uhn LYT», adjective. 1. having to do with the… … Useful english dictionary
Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… … Universalium
soundalike — /sownd euh luyk /, n. a person or thing that sounds like another, esp. a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes. [1965 70; n. use of v. phrase sound alike, on the model of LOOKALIKE] * * * … Universalium
sound-and-light — /sownd euhn luyt /, adj. combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound and light presentation. [1960 65] * * * … Universalium
soundboard — /sownd bawrd , bohrd /, n. See sounding board. [1495 1505; SOUND1 + BOARD] * * * ▪ musical instrument also called Belly, a thin plate of wood or a stretched membrane lying directly under the strings of a stringed musical instrument. It… … Universalium
soundbox — /sownd boks /, n. a chamber in a musical instrument, as the body of a violin, for increasing the sonority of its tone. [1870 75; SOUND1 + BOX1] * * * … Universalium
soundtrack — /sownd trak /, n. 1. the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion picture film on which sound is recorded. 2. the sound recorded on a motion picture film; audio portion of a film. 3. the music or dialogue from a film available on a commercial … Universalium
sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… … Universalium
sound — I. /saʊnd / (say sownd) noun 1. the sensation produced in the organs of hearing when certain vibrations (soundwaves) are caused in the surrounding air or other elastic medium, as by a vibrating body. 2. the vibrations in the air, or vibrational… …
soundless — soundless1 soundlessly, adv. soundlessness, n. /sownd lis/, adj. without sound; silent; quiet. [1595 1605; SOUND1 + LESS] soundless2 soundlessly, adv … Universalium
