soundy
/ˈsaʊndi/
soundy adjective: mostly sound; sound in all but a few well-defined areas.
Adjective
soundy (comparative more soundy, superlative most soundy)
- Mostly sound; sound in all but a few well-defined areas.
- We draw a distinction between analyses that are soundy—mostly sound, with specific, well-identified unsound choices—and analyses that do not concern themselves with soundness.2015 February, Benjamin Livshits, Manu Sridharan, Yannis Smaragdakis, Ondřej Lhotȧk, J. Nelson Amaral, Bor-Yuh Evan Chang, Samuel Z. Guyer, Uday P. Khedker, Anders Møller, Dimitrios Vardoulakis, “In...
- There is a recent community initiative [23] calling for the development of soundy analysis to handle “hard” language features (such as reflection).2015 September, Yue Li, Tian Tan, Jingling Xue, “Effective soundness-guided reflection analysis”, in International On Static Analysis
- Characterized by or characteristic of sound.
- This object is obtained by the use of an acoustical element, the soundy absorption characteristic of which is adjustable in a simple and convenient manner.1933, OB Hanson, US Patent 1,896,844
- Another peculiar feature of these samples is that they exhibit a diapasonlike vibration if their container is hit with some metallic tool or simply with the finger nails. Because of the latter effect, these samples are called, in the laboratory idiom, "soundy". The samples become soundy, on the...1984, D Senatra, CMC Gambi - Il Nuovo Cimento D, “Thermally-stimulated-depolarization study on the highly viscous isotropic mesophase of w/o microemulsions”, in (Please provide the book title or...
Examples of soundy in a sentence
- In this context, perhaps one can only hope for a soundy static analysis [21]: common features should be handled soundly and more esoteric ones should be under-approximated.2016, Yan Wang, Hailong Zhang, Atanas Rountev, “On the unsoundness of static analysis for android guis”, in Proceedings of the 5th ACM...
- Because of the latter effect, these samples are called, in the laboratory idiom, "soundy".1984, D Senatra, CMC Gambi - Il Nuovo Cimento D, “Thermally-stimulated-depolarization study on the highly viscous isotropic mesophase of...
- Soundy Mouse allows you to step your computer into the future by adding notes of sound to your mouse movement (uses the PC-Speaker, available on most systems).2006 May 16, Tramp, “Soundy Mouse”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet):
Forms of soundy
| comparative | more soundy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most soundy |
Origin of soundy
From sound + -y.
Words formed from soundy
Questions about soundy
- What does soundy mean?
- Soundy means mostly sound; sound in all but a few well-defined areas.
- How do you use soundy in a sentence?
- In this context, perhaps one can only hope for a soundy static analysis [21]: common features should be handled soundly and more esoteric ones should be under-approximated.
- What part of speech is soundy?
- Soundy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce soundy?
- Soundy is pronounced /ˈsaʊndi/.
Words near soundy in the dictionary
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