Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device that converts electric signals to audible sound, especially one that is freestanding or part of an electronic device such as a television.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A device which converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance, usually outdoors; it is used to amplify or transmit over a distance speech from a person, who is typically speaking into a microphone. Sometimes it is used to play recorded speech or music.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal intoaudible sound. - noun An
encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as adriver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
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Examples
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The loudspeaker is replaced by a microphone, which picks up sound.
As We May Think 1969
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The loudspeaker is replaced by a microphone, which picks up sound.
As We May Think 1945
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At present the loudspeaker is the enemy of the creative writer, but this may not necessarily remain true when the volume and scope of broadcasting increase.
Collected Essays 1900
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Suddenly, the entire campsite, the whole upper surface of the plateau was bathed in powerful white light, and there was a voice, in labored English, coming over some kind of loudspeaker from the air above them.
The Nightmare Begins Ahern, Jerry 1981
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Finally, Apple developed an ecosystem, encouraging other companies to develop add-on products such as loudspeaker systems, accessories for playing the music over automobile sound systems, accessories that enhanced the iPod's capabilities, turning it into a stopwatch, a voice-recording device, and a storage device.
Gizmodo Donald A. Norman 2010
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The Home Theatre core is "loudspeaker" which is source of sound and "reader" which is source of images.
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All of the colonising countries acted as a kind of loudspeaker, in London, Paris and Lisbon for African music, but
World Music Central 2010
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The Home Theatre core is "loudspeaker" which is source of sound and "reader" which is source of images.
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K1 Loudspeaker Merges Functionality With Elegance - Klangfluss Manufaktur GmbH has unveiled their K1 loudspeaker which is capable of delivering high-quality audio with unparalleled live sound.
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When I visited in 1979 it was a grim city where every pedestrian dressed in a drab gray Mao jacket and every street corner had a loudspeaker repeating the sayings of Mao.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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