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loudness

loudness noun: the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons.

Noun

loudness (countable and uncountable, plural loudnesses)

  1. The perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons.
    Synonyms:
    volume
    Antonyms:
    quietness, silence
  2. The physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels.
    Synonyms:
    volume
    Antonyms:
    quietness, silence

loudness meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

loudness in Tamil

உரப்பு, ஒலி உரப்பு, ஒலிவன்மை, உறத்தொலி, ஒலி மிகைத்தல், மிகையொலி

loudness in Urdu

بھڑک, بلند آوازی, نمائش, شور

loudness in Bengali

loudness
জোর jōr

Synonyms of loudness

Antonyms

Forms of loudness

pluralloudnesses

Origin of loudness

From Middle English loudnesse, lowdenesse, from Old English hlūdnes, equivalent to loud + -ness.

Words formed from loudness

Phrases with loudness

Questions about loudness

What does loudness mean?
Loudness means the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons.
What is loudness in Tamil?
Loudness in Tamil is உரப்பு, ஒலி உரப்பு, ஒலிவன்மை. See Loudness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is loudness?
Loudness is a noun.
What is the plural of loudness?
The plural of loudness is loudnesses.

Words near loudness in the dictionary

  1. loudly
  2. loudmouth
  3. loudmouthed
  4. loudmouthedness
  5. loudmouths
  6. loudness
  7. loudness race
  8. loudness races
  9. loudness war
  10. loudness wars
  11. loudnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loudness (page history and authors); loudness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loudness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জোর (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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