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.

   2. speaker.

loudspeaker

/ ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə /

noun

1. Also called: reproducer. Sometimes shortened to: speaker. a device for converting audio-frequency signals into the equivalent sound waves by means of a vibrating conical diaphragm

Word History and Origins

Origin of loudspeaker¹

First recorded in 1880–85; loud + speaker

Example Sentences

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

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Mourners filled the cemetery forecourt, with many standing outside the prayer hall in the rain, listening to the service and eulogy over loudspeakers.

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“Where does your fear live? In the patterns you construct for yourself,” Evelyn’s voice is heard saying over the loudspeaker at Tall Pines Academy in one scene.

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Ahead of his speech, Netanyahu's office ordered that the Israeli military mount loudspeakers on trucks near the Gaza perimeter fence in order to broadcast his words live across the territory.

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Small quadcopter drones equipped with loudspeakers have also been deployed by Israel to warn civilians to leave, spreading panic in several districts.

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Related Words

• bullhorn 
• megaphone 
• public address system