"loudness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-loudness.wav [US] Forms: loudnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English loudnesse, lowdenesse, from Old English hlūdnes, equivalent to loud + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|loudnesse}} Middle English loudnesse, {{m|enm|lowdenesse}} lowdenesse, {{inh|en|ang|hlūdnes}} Old English hlūdnes, {{suffix|en|loud|ness}} loud + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loudness (countable and uncountable, plural loudnesses)
  1. the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure): hlasitost [feminine] (Czech), äänekkyys (Finnish), Lautheit [feminine, jargon] (German), Lautstärkepegel [jargon, masculine] (German), Lautstärke [feminine] (German), hangosság (Hungarian), lauteso (Ido), skaļums [masculine] (Latvian), głośność [feminine] (Polish), гро́мкость (grómkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sonoridad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-loudness-en-noun-ISI0xWWd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure': 69 31
  2. the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the physical strength of the sound pressure level): äänenvoimakkuus (Finnish), bruyance [feminine] (French), Schalldruckpegel [jargon, masculine] (German), hangnyomásszint (Hungarian), lauteso (Ido), skaļums [masculine] (Latvian), głośność [feminine] (Polish), гро́мкость (grómkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), volumen [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-loudness-en-noun-8Ky1jVch Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'the physical strength of the sound pressure level': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: loudness race, loudness war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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