aftersound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

aftersound aftersounds

Etymology

From after- + sound.

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