Soundscape

//ˈsaʊndskeɪp// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.

    "Kleist’s drama is in that tradition and Mr. Bakewell was always in command of it. His soundscape of the field of Fehrbellin presented a tremendous panorama to the mind’s eye."

  2. 2
    An electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.
Verb
  1. 1
    To establish or define an acoustic environment, either a virtual one created using sound or a physical one created architecturally to have specific effects on sound.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:soundscaped."

Example

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"We’re here looking at the New York soundscape."

Etymology

From sound + -scape.

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