loudspeaker
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//laʊdˈspiːkə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ//
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
Substantiv
- 1
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.
Beijing itself signified the transformation. 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 city was desolate and joyless.
- 2
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
- 3
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old English hlūd Middle English loude, loud, lud English loud Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spekere, speker English speaker English loudspeaker From loud + speaker.
Formen
- Plural
- loudspeakers
loudspeaker · An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
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