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loudspeaker

[ loud-spee-ker ]

noun

  1. any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  2. Audio.
    1. a device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.


loudspeaker

/ ˌʊˈ辱ːə /

noun

  1. a device for converting audio-frequency signals into the equivalent sound waves by means of a vibrating conical diaphragm Sometimes shortened tospeaker Also calledreproducer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loudspeaker1

First recorded in 1880–85; loud + speaker
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Every few minutes, the chatter would be momentarily quietened by a voice hissing over the loudspeaker: "Silenzio."

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In Christian neighbourhoods in the capital, cars have been filmed driving through the streets with preachers advocating for Islam over loudspeakers.

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For instance, Neodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers, computer hard drives, EV motors and jet engines that enable them to be smaller and more efficient.

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An anti-Brexit activist has been cleared of breaching a police ban after playing music on loudspeakers at a protest outside Parliament in London.

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A police helicopter circled and a loudspeaker gave orders to those in the area: “The school is closed. The park is closed. Find your way home. Please. It is time for you to leave. Leave.”

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