| sonant | 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. 2. Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc, as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc, which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. A sonant letter. Origin: L. Sonans, -antis, p.pr. Of sonare to sound. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| sondeli | <zoology> The musk shrew. (04 Mar 1998) |
| Sondermann | R., 20th century German ophthalmologist. See: Sondermann's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sondermann's canal | A blind outpouching of Schlemm's canal, extending toward, but not communicating with, the anterior chamber of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sone | A unit of loudness; a pure tone of 1000 Hz at 40 dB above the normal threshold of audibility has a loudness of 1 sone. Origin: L. Sonus, sound (05 Mar 2000) |
| songless | <biology, zoology> Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods. (04 Mar 1998) |
| Songo fever | A condition characterised by acute onset of headache, chills and high fever, sweating, thirst, photophobia, coryza, cough, myalgia, arthralgia, and abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting; this phase lasts from three to six days and is followed by capillary and renal interstitial haemorrhages, oedema, oliguria, azotemia, and shock; most varieties are caused by arboviruses (togaviruses, arenaviruses, flaviviruses, and bunyaviruses), and are rodent-borne. Synonym: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Songo fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| songster | 1. One who sings; one skilled in singing; not often applied to human beings. 2. <zoology> A singing bird. Origin: AS. Sangestre a female singer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| songstress | A woman who sings; a female singing bird. See: songster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sonic | Of, pertaining to, or determined by sound; e.g., sonic vibration. Origin: L. Sonus, sound (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonic waves | Audible sound wave's, as distinguished from ultrasonic wave's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonicate | To expose a suspension of cells or microbes to the disruptive effect of the energy of high frequency sound waves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonication | The process of disrupting biologic materials by use of sound wave energy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonification | The production of sound, or of sound waves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonifier | An instrument which produces sound waves, especially those of the frequencies used in sonification procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |