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Look up: Sound


  1. Sound
    [nautical] In nautical terms, the word Sound is used to describe the process of determining the depth of water in a tank or under a ship. Tanks are sounded to determine if they are full (for cargo tanks) or empty (to determine if a ship has been holed) and for other reasons. Soundings may al...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(nautical)

  2. Sound
    Sound is slang for O.K., wonderful.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZSC.HTM

  3. Sound
    Sound is slang for O.K., wonderful.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZSC.HTM

  4. Sound
    [water] TAC Fighters of the 1950s. North American F-100, McDonnell F-101 Convair F-102, Lockheed F-104, Republic F-105 and Convair F-106. Source: Hill, Mike and Campbell, John, Tactical Air Command - An Illustrated History 1946-1992, 2001. Photo Source listed as United States Air Force Histo...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(water)

  5. Sound
    [Dreadzone album] Sound is the fourth studio album by British band Dreadzone. It was released in 2001 on Ruff Life Records. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== Greg Roberts, Tim Bran, Leo Williams, Rob Marche, Don Letts, Sorel Johnson, Brinsley Forde, Earl Sixteen, Donna McKevitt. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(Dreadzone_album)

  6. Sound
    [medical instrument] In medicine, sounds are instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body, the best-known examples of which are urethral sounds and uterine sounds. Some people enjoy using them for urethral play. ==Urethral sounds== Urethral sounds are designed to be inserted...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(medical_instrument)

  7. Sound
    (1) (noun) a relatively long arm of the sea or ocean forming a CHANNEL between an island and a mainland or connecting two larger bodies, as a sea and the ocean, or two parts of the same body; usually wider and more extensive than a STRAIT. (2) (verb) To measure the DEPTH of the water.
    Found op http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/products/glossary.htm

  8. sound
    [adj] - in good condition 2. [adj] - financially secure and safe 3. [adj] - free from moral defect 4. [adj] - thorough 5. [n] - mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium 6. [n] - a large ocean inlet or deep bay 7. [n] - the sudden occurrence of an audible ...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=sound

  9. Sound
    1) Moving pressure variations in air caused by something vibrating between 20 times a second and 20,000 times a second or similar variations in other substances like water.
    2) Loosely, any audio signal regardless of its energy form.
    Found op http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  10. Sound
    Any pressure variation (in air, water or other medium) which is detectable by the human ear.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  11. Sound
    A longitudinal wave which travels through a medium, usually air. Sound also travels through liquids (e.g. water) and solids (e.g. steel). The volume (loudness) of sound is measured using the decibel (dB) scale
    Found op http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/MainPage/SecDepts/Physics/Resources

  12. Sound
    Energy that is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing. Commonly called noise if it is unwanted. Sound, physical phenomenon that stimulates the sense of hearing. In human beings, hearing takes place whenever vibrations of frequen...
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/s/o/sound/source.html



  1. Sound
    Sound noun [ Anglo-Saxon sund a swimming, akin to English swim . See Swim .] The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  2. Sound
    Sound noun (Zoology) A cuttlefish. [ Obsolete] Ainsworth.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  3. Sound
    Sound adjective [ Compar. Sounder ; superl. Soundest .] [ Middle English sound , Anglo-Saxon sund ; akin to D. ge zond , G. ge sund , Old High German gi sunt
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  4. Sound
    Sound adverb Soundly. « So sound he slept that naught might him awake.» Spenser.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  5. Sound
    Sound noun [ Anglo-Saxon sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icelandic , Swedish , Dan. & German sund , probably so named because it could be swum across. See Swim .] (Geology) A narrow passage of water, or a strait b...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  6. Sound
    Sound transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sounded ; present participle & verbal noun Sounding .] [ French sonder ; confer Anglo-Saxon sund gyrd a sounding rod, ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  7. Sound
    Sound intransitive verb To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. « I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea.» Palsgrave.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  8. Sound
    Sound noun [ French sonde . See Sound to fathom.] (Medicine) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  9. Sound
    Sound noun [ Middle English soun , Old French son , sun , French son , from Latin sonus akin to Sanskrit svana sound, svan to sound, and perhaps to English swan . Confer Assonant , C...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  10. Sound
    Sound intransitive verb [ Middle English sounen , sownen , Old French soner , suner , French sonner , from Latin sonare . See Sound a noise.] 1. To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an im...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  11. Sound
    Sound transitive verb 1. To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn. « A bagpipe well could he play and soun [ d].» Chaucer. 2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sou...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/149

  12. sound
    The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. ... Origin: AS. Sund a swimming, akin to E. Swim. See Swim. ... 1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship. ... 2. Healthy; ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?sound

  13. sound
    adjective thorough; `a sound thrashing`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sound

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