ambient sound
1ambient sound — TV (ambience) Natural background audio representative of a given recordingenvironment. On camera dialog might be primary sound; traffic noise and refrigerator hum would be ambient …
2Ambient noise level — In atmospheric sound transmission or noise pollution, ambient noise level is the sound pressure level at a given location, normally specified as a reference level to study a new intrusive sound source.Ambient sound levels are often measured in… …
3sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… …
4Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… …
5sound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth you hear ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deafening, loud, powerful ▪ We need a big powerful sound from the trumpets in the final passage. ▪ audible …
6ambient — [[t]æ̱mbiənt[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place. [TECHNICAL] 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Ambient sound or light is the sound or light which is all around you. [TECHNICAL] …
7Sound film — …
8sound recording — Introduction transcription of vibrations in air that are perceptible as sound onto a storage medium, such as a phonograph disc. In sound reproduction the process is reversed so that the variations stored on the medium are converted back… …
9ambient — am|bi|ent1 [ æmbiənt ] adjective TECHNICAL existing or present around you: ambient sound a. ambient temperature is the temperature of the surrounding air ambient am|bi|ent 2 [ æmbiənt ] noun uncount a type of music that developed as a reaction… …
10ambient — I UK [ˈæmbɪənt] / US adjective science a) existing or present around you ambient sound b) ambient temperature is the temperature of the surrounding air II UK [ˈæmbɪənt] / US noun [uncountable] music a type of music that developed as a reaction… …