Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
soundwave .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word soundwaves.
Examples
-
The soundwaves are his buffeteers; they trompe him with their trompes; the wave of roary and the wave of hooshed and the wave of hawhawhawrd and the wave of neverheedthemhorseluggarsandlisteltomine.
Finnegans Wake 2006
-
"soundwaves," of the air against it, which are caused by the human voice.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
-
Space Nuns who run around as a mercenary fleet killing people with their holy chants sung through cannons that turn soundwaves into deadly weapons to save the universe from sin.
eavesdropping « 2009
-
The soundwaves are so short that they actually shatter meat.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
-
Orange U.K. Phone operator Orange made a 'Sound Charge' t-shirt that generated power by collecting soundwaves.
Take Zap! Tech Geeks, Starved for More Battery Power, Give Themselves a Charge Geoffrey A. Fowler 2012
-
My computer does not respond to all soundwaves in the same way!
Bunny and a Book 2008
-
When I speak into my computer, it analyzes the soundwaves and reacts based on the information encoded in those waves.
Bunny and a Book 2008
-
Musicians respond differently to the same soundwaves when attending to them in different ways.
Bunny and a Book 2008
-
Perhaps the beams in the ceiling help to diffuse the soundwaves; clearly the long curtains at most of the windows (though some were just hanging, having fallen from their mountings) helped, too; the fact that there were people in there (big sacks of absorbent water), also contributed.
-
Every time the chickens call the pineapple, the soundwaves molest my boxer shorts.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.