loudspeaker

noun

1. 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. 2

   Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.

3. 3

   An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

Forms

plural

loudspeakers