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loudspeaker n. A device which converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance, usually outdoors; it is used to amplify or transmit over a distance speech from a person, who is typically speaking into a microphone. Sometimes it is used to play recorded speech or music.

Synonyms: speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system.

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Etymology of 'Loudspeaker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loudspeaker" Quotes from Famous Books

... of nostalgia. Groups of students went chattering along the hallways between the storerooms and the cooking and processing plants. The big mess hall, Trigger noticed in passing, smelled as good as it always had. Bells sounded the end of a period and a loudspeaker system began directing Class so and so to Room such and such. Standing around were a few uniformed guards—mainly for the purpose of helping out newcomers ...

— Legacy • James H Schmitz

Words linked to "Loudspeaker" : tweeter, bullhorn, woofer, p.a., pa, speaker unit, electro-acoustic transducer, speaker, P.A. system, PA system, loud hailer, loud-hailer, subwoofer, tannoy, squawk box