Such a misperception can lead to "loudness" -- all caps "screaming", hyperbole, exaggeration and such. From Wordnik.com. [Trolls, Anger, Taking Offense and One-Hit- Wonders] Reference
The loudness is a deal-breaker for me, which is why the Das Keyboard is going back in its box right now. From Wordnik.com. [BensBargains.net Latest Headlines] Reference
SPL is the sound pressure level, namely the loudness of the sound, which goes like this, so you can compare. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
The recording widget now displays the current "loudness" of the input while recording. From Wordnik.com. [KDE-Apps.org Content] Reference
The filter can be tuned, or switched, to any one of the messages, based on characteristics such as loudness or pitch. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Pastels, Nirvana, etc. I guess it's hard to explain, but people always seem surprised by our "loudness" when we play live. From Wordnik.com. [Artrocker -] Reference
Volume as in loudness. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Then with sudden loudness and decision: 'But this down.'. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
From Nicole Miller to Beau Brummel, elegant loudness is in. From Wordnik.com. [Think Wide, Think Ambitious] Reference
Mr. Heathman tested the loudness using a RadioShack sound meter. From Wordnik.com. [Snack Attack: Chip Eaters Make Noise About a Crunchy Bag] Reference
Obviously, in its grossest sense, it means loudness and softness. From Wordnik.com. [Italian: The Language That Sings] Reference
A MIDDLE TONE, or medium loudness of voice, is employed in reading. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
In other circumstances, chip-related loudness is viewed as an asset. From Wordnik.com. [Snack Attack: Chip Eaters Make Noise About a Crunchy Bag] Reference
Perhaps alarmed at the comments once made on their loudness of dress, the. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
"You could tell something was going good from the loudness of the crowd.". From Wordnik.com. [Is This A Fun Game, Or What?] Reference
The detonations from the volcano far exceed in loudness any other earthly noise. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
But for ordinary purposes it is sufficient to regard loudness and intensity as the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Rhythm in music is of two sorts: a rhythm of time and a rhythm of accent, or increased loudness. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
When this is found, you again readjust the primary until you find the point of maximum loudness. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
You try to keep the beep increasing in loudness as it gets fainter if you are turning to either side. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
He has nausea from its bragging, his head aches with its loudness, and its emptiness fills him with wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
She matches you in loudness, and she can forget me and your wives, as she rolls with you in my husband's bed. From Wordnik.com. [My Crush on Daniel Ortega] Reference
They are alert on the least disturbance; and by the loudness of their humming, you can judge of their strength. From Wordnik.com. [A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year] Reference
= The Loud Concrete = is simply the equable concrete uttered with greater fulness of breath and loudness of tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
If you do, you will get loudness -- that awful grating schoolboy loudness -- without a particle of expression in it. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
But our unfledged M. D.'s disregarded the above salutary maxim, and made up in loudness what they wanted in learning. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827] Reference
Their dismal chant is protracted for hours and hours, increasing in loudness whenever the steps of a passer-by are heard. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
It is the extent of the vibrations that determines the loudness of the sound; the number of them that determines the pitch. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
If the glass stopper is removed and the air is allowed to reenter the flask, the loudness of the sound immediately increases. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Next I would urge avoidance of a fault very common with those who speak much in large rooms, -- the mistaken effort at loudness. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
With these twelve, with their possible variations in pitch, loudness, and tone-color, the musician has a rich and adequate material. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
It is most fitting when the hearers are near at hand, as in the case of a jury or judge in court, when the din of loudness would offend. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
The appearance of English women now to the stranger in London partakes of a character of loudness, excepting when on the top of a coach. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
The owners of the donkeys have a cruel custom of slitting their nostrils, because it is supposed to moderate the loudness of their bray. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
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