noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

   "Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing."

2. 2
   electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance wordnet
3. 3
   Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
4. 4
   An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

Synonyms

All synonyms

speakerspeakeracoustical networkcapacitor speakercoaxial speakercone

Example

More examples

"The voice on the loudspeaker was too muffled to understand."

Etymology

From loud + speaker.

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