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Rh or plants, signifies to perish through intense cold.

, to freeze. (L.) Hence,

Frigid, very cold; as, the frigid zone.

, frost. (L.) Hence,

Gelid, as cold as ice. (Applied to water.)

Congeal, to change into ice.

Congelation, the act of changing into ice.

, exposed by situation to cold winds.

is the sensation produced by the vibrations of the air, or of any other medium with which the organ of hearing happens to be in contact.

is, 1. Any kind of sound which we are at a loss to designate by a name descriptive of its precise character. 2. Any kind of sound that is either excessive, out of place, or offensive to the listener.

, to emit sound. (L.) Hence,

Sonorous, emitting a free, full, and clear sound.

Resound, to send back sound, (re, back.)

Consonant, lit, sounding together. Hence, fig., harmonizing with; as, consonant to reason, (con, together.)

Consonant, a letter that can be distinctly sounded only in combination with a vowel.

Consonance, in Music, the agreement of two sounds simultaneously produced, the one grave and the other acute.—Brande.

Dissonant, lit., sounding apart. Hence, discordant (dis, asunder.)

Dissonance, a discord in music.

[] sound. (Gr. ) Hence,

Phonetic, representing sounds: as, phonetic characters.

Phonetics, the science of sounds, especially those of the human voice.—Brande.

Phonology.—1. A treatise on sounds. 2. The doctrine or science of sounds as uttered by the human voice in speech. (Gr. ['?logos'?], a discourse.)

Phonography, a description of the laws of the human voice, or of sounds uttered by the organs of speech. (Gr. [grapho], to describe.)

Euphony, agreeableness of sound in the pronunciation of letters and syllables. ( [eu], agreeable.)

Euphonious, agreeable in sound.

Cacophony, disagreeableness of sound in the pronunciation of syllables and words. (Gr. [cacos], ill.)

A sound is one that strikes the ear with great force.

or sounds are such as are produced by quick vibrations of the sonorous body. The tones of the treble string of a violin are acute. (L. acutus pointed, because such sounds have a piercing effect on the ear.)

sounds are produced by a