LOUDNESS

flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz

(noun) tasteless showiness

volume, loudness, intensity

(noun) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); ā€œthe kids played their music at full volumeā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

loudness (countable and uncountable, plural loudnesses)

the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels

Source: Wiktionary


Loud"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being loud.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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