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SOUND SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound
Synonyms:
audio system; sound system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sound system" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)
Meronyms (parts of "sound system"):
radio-gramophone; radio-phonograph (electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player)
phonograph; record player (machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically)
tape deck (electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sound system"):
recording system (audio system for recoding sound)
reproducer (an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound)
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