loudness
noun
loud·ness
ˈlau̇d-nəs 
: the attribute of a sound that determines the magnitude of the auditory sensation produced and that primarily depends on the amplitude of the sound wave involved
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To control the Juke Box from the comfort of an armchair, there’s an infrared remote control that can be used for switching inputs, adjusting volume levels and accessing more sophisticated controls like bass, treble and loudness.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Yet such transducers can produce the sound quality and the loudness of the best miniature dynamic speakers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
There's also a Smart option that essentially picks one of those three ANC modes based on the loudness of your listening environment.
—PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
Controls here are limited but do offer adjustments to sibilance, EQ, stereo width, and loudness.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
How fast the bellows is pumped determines the accordion’s loudness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2022
Sounds that change in loudness rapidly — Rogers demonstrated this by imitating a trilling sound similar to a jackhammer — are particularly troublesome.
—Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Actors have to lip sync due to the pace and loudness of the mazes.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
Anyone who’s heard the first two singles prior to the full-length release has a decent sense of the extremes to which Rodrigo will again be taking things — not just in terms of loudness and softness, but from pure melodrama to pure comic irreverence.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Yet such transducers can produce the sound quality and the loudness of the best miniature dynamic speakers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
There's also a Smart option that essentially picks one of those three ANC modes based on the loudness of your listening environment.
—PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
Controls here are limited but do offer adjustments to sibilance, EQ, stereo width, and loudness.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
How fast the bellows is pumped determines the accordion’s loudness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2022
Sounds that change in loudness rapidly — Rogers demonstrated this by imitating a trilling sound similar to a jackhammer — are particularly troublesome.
—Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Actors have to lip sync due to the pace and loudness of the mazes.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
Anyone who’s heard the first two singles prior to the full-length release has a decent sense of the extremes to which Rodrigo will again be taking things — not just in terms of loudness and softness, but from pure melodrama to pure comic irreverence.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of loudness was
before the 12th century
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