…vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person’s or animal’s ear…
…ascertain (the depth of water in the sea, a lake, or a river), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes…
…a narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake…
…an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of Washington State in the US. It is linked to the ocean by the Strait of Juan de Fuca…
…a short extract from a recorded interview or speech, chosen for its succinctness or concision…
…a device which can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications…
…a small wooden rod wedged between the front and back surfaces of a violin or similar instrument and modifying its vibrations…
…a systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves…
…an area of a film studio with acoustic properties suitable for the recording of sound, typically used to record dialogue…
…a wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air…
…a narrow strait between the mainland of SE Sweden and the island of Öland, in the Baltic Sea…
…an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in eastern North Carolina, inside the islands of the Outer Banks, south of Albemarle Sound…
…the increased drag, reduced controllability, and other effects which occur when an aircraft approaches the speed of sound, formerly regarded as an obstacle to supersonic flight…
…a sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, film, or other broadcast production…
…a set of equipment for the reproduction and amplification of sound…
…an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern North Carolina, inside the Outer Banks…
…a technician dealing with acoustics for a broadcast or musical performance…
…the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in the presence of a sound wave and the static pressure of the medium…
…the partial representation of the sense of a word by its sound, as in bang, fizz, and slide…
…a system of stereophony involving three or more speakers surrounding the listener so as to give a more realistic effect…
…a device designed to mask or block out undesirable sounds by generating white noise or some other continuous, unobtrusive sound…
…an instrument for analysing sound into its frequency components…
…express (a particular feeling or view) about something…
…an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in south central Alaska, scene of a huge 1989 oil tanker spill. Cordova and Valdez are the main ports…
…those with least wisdom or knowledge are always the most talkative…
…used in reference to an announcement, event, or sound that warns of the end of something…
…sound waves with frequencies below the lower limit of human audibility…
…a person or thing that closely resembles another in sound, especially someone whose voice or style of speaking or singing is very similar to that of a famous person…
…a test of sound equipment before a musical performance or recording to check that the desired sound is being produced…
…preventing, or constructed of material that prevents, the passage of sound…
…sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise…
…used to refer to the imminent destruction or failure of something…
