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loudspeaker
[ loud-spee-ker ]
noun
- any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- Audio.
- a device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.
loudspeaker
/ ˌʊˈ辱ːə /
noun
- a device for converting audio-frequency signals into the equivalent sound waves by means of a vibrating conical diaphragm Sometimes shortened tospeaker Also calledreproducer
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of loudspeaker1
Example Sentences
The neighbor listened throughout the evening as sheriff’s deputies spoke over a loudspeaker, asking Vaughn to safely exit his home and surrender.
“We’ll pay any curfew fines so Carti can do his whole set,” the organizers said over the loudspeakers as they pulled people out of the crowd.
County sheriff’s deputies drive down some streets with loudspeakers urging people to flee around 2 a.m. — more than an hour before the 3:30 a.m. alert was issued.
An activist with a loudspeaker attempted to communicate with someone inside the apartment: “If they don’t have a warrant, you don’t have to open the door,” the voice said.
“Our response also includes usage of the Alert LA County messaging platform, door knocks or first responders with loudspeakers driving up and down streets.”
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