aftersound
Meanings
noun
- A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
- The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
- A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
Word forms
Etymology
From after- + sound.
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