aftersound (English, noun)
expansion: aftersound (plural aftersounds)
Senses:
glosses: A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
qualifier: acoustics
glosses: The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: aftersounds
tags: plural