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VU meter

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noun

  1. a meter used with sound-reproducing or recording equipment that indicates average sound levels.

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Photograph: Olly Hearsey Few labels boast a logo quite as apt as that of In the Red Records: a VU meter with its needle stuck on overload.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2010

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