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sound
1. Something that can be heard.
2. Vibrations traveling through the air, water, or some other medium; especially, those within the range of frequencies that can be perceived by the human ear.
3. Being in excellent physical condition; such as, "Having a sound mind in a sound body."
2. Vibrations traveling through the air, water, or some other medium; especially, those within the range of frequencies that can be perceived by the human ear.
3. Being in excellent physical condition; such as, "Having a sound mind in a sound body."
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sono-, son-, sona-, -sonous, -sonic, -sonically
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“sound”
(Greek: sound, noise; especially a returned sound; repetition, imitation)
(Greek: health, healthy, healthful, wholesome, sound [in body])
(Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone)
(Latin: sound; pure, clean, whole, genuine, untainted)
(Latin: whole; hence, "firm, sound")
(Latin: sound, that which is heard; noise)
(Greek > Latin: sound, tone; that which is stretched, a stretching, a straining, a pitch of the voice, a musical note)
(the study and applications of sound)
(Greek > Latin [a hollow, deep sound, a humming, a buzzing] > Italian [explosive shell]: booming, humming sound)
(euphemisms, question-begging, declarifications, and cloudy vagueness sometimes designed to make lies sound truthful)
(Greek mikso > Latin mixtus: mix, mixed, a mixing, a mingling, an intercourse; to combine or to blend into one mass or substance; to combine things; such as, activities, ideas, styles; to balance and to adjust individual musical performers’ parts to make an overall sound by electronic means)
(Greek > Latin: unable to speak, inarticulate, dumb; uttering no sound, silent, silence, still, quiet)
(Latin: healthy, whole; by extension: cure, heal, take care of; sound in mind and body)
(Latin: absence of sound; quiet, still)
(Latin: creaking, making a creaking sound; a shrill sound; a harsh sound)
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“sound”
A normal or abnormal noise arising from within the body: There are various types of auscultatory sounds that may come from within a person's body.
A "rale" is the intermittent crackling or bubbling sound produced by fluid in the air passages and air sacs of the lungs.
A "murmur" is a soft blowing or fluttering sound.
A "bruit" is a significant sound heard inside the body caused by turbulent blood flow within the heart or blood vessels.
A "fremitus" is a vibration or tremor resulting from a physical action, such as speaking or coughing, and felt by a hand and is also used to assess whether the chest is affected by a disease.
There are, of course, other sounds heard during auscultation examinations of the chest or abdomen.
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ausculto-, auscult- +
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sono-, son-, sona-, -sonous, -sonic, -sonically
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Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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sonic barrier, sound barrier
A sharp, sudden increase in aerodynamic drag on an aircraft approaching the speed of sound.
Historically perceived as a physical obstacle that might prevent an aircraft from traveling at speeds faster than the speed of sound.
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sono-, son-, sona-, -sonous, -sonic, -sonically
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sound-conducting apparatus
The various parts of the external and middle ear whch collect and conduct sound waves to the inner ear.
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duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation
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par-, para-
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sound-perceiving apparatus
1. The many interrelated components concerned with the perception of sound; including by implication, the sound-conducting apparatus.
2. The inner ear and its central connections.
2. The inner ear and its central connections.
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par-, para-
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