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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of loudspeaker1

First recorded in 1880–85; loud + speaker
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The neighbor listened throughout the evening as sheriff’s deputies spoke over a loudspeaker, asking Vaughn to safely exit his home and surrender.

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“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.

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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.

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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.

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“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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