LOUDSPEAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loudspeaker mean? 

• LOUDSPEAKER (noun)
  The noun LOUDSPEAKER has 1 sense:

1. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

  Familiarity information: LOUDSPEAKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOUDSPEAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system; speaker unit

Hypernyms ("loudspeaker" is a kind of...):

electro-acoustic transducer (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loudspeaker"):

bullhorn; loud-hailer; loud hailer (a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier)

intercom speaker; squawk box; squawker (the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system)

subwoofer (a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies)

tannoy (a loudspeaker)

tweeter (a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds)

woofer (a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds)

Holonyms ("loudspeaker" is a part of...):

P.A.; P.A. system; PA; PA system; public address system (an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas)

 Context examples 

He does not think it necessarily to have the loudspeakers present long-term, though this would have to be tested.

(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)

The study found that broadcasting healthy reef sounds using underwater loudspeakers can double the total number of fish arriving onto experimental patches of reef habitat as well as increasing the number of species by 50 per cent.

(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)