Sonorousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sonorous \So*no"rous\, a. [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a
     sound, akin to sonus a sound. See {Sound}.]
     1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
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     2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a


        sonorous voice.
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     3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as,
        the vowels are sonorous.
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     4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
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              The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and
              familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful
              and sonorous in the expression.       --Addison.
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              There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian
              balance in his style. It is as often marked by a
              pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --E.
                                                    Everett.
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     5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a
        cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
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     {Sonorous figures} (Physics), figures formed by the
        vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical
        tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge
        of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and
        the sand arranges itself in figures according to the
        musical tone. Called also {acoustic figures}.
  
     {Sonorous tumor} (Med.), a tumor which emits a clear,
        resonant sound on percussion.
        [1913 Webster] -- {So*no"rous*ly}, adv. --
        {So*no"rous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sonorousness
       n : having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of
           being resonant [syn: {plangency}, {resonance}, {reverberance},
            {ringing}, {sonority}, {vibrancy}]