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speak·ing trum·pet

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. speaking trumpetnoun

    a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person

Wiktionary

  1. speaking trumpetnoun

    A megaphone.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Speaking Trumpetnoun

    A stentorophonick instrument; a trumpet by which the voice may be propagated to a great distance.

    That with one blast through the whole house does bound,
    And first taught speaking trumpet how to sound. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. speaking trumpet

    A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loudhailer is usually a portable or hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify a person's voice or other sounds and direct it in a given direction. The sound is introduced into the narrow end of the megaphone, by holding it up to the face and speaking into it, and the sound waves radiate out the wide end. A megaphone increases the volume of sound by increasing the acoustic impedance seen by the vocal cords, matching the impedance of the vocal cords to the air, so that more sound power is radiated. It also serves to direct the sound waves in the direction the horn is pointing. It somewhat distorts the sound of the voice because the frequency response of the megaphone is greater at higher sound frequencies. Since the 1960s the voice-powered acoustic megaphone described above has been replaced by the electric megaphone, which uses a microphone, an electrically-powered amplifier and a folded horn loudspeaker to amplify the voice.

ChatGPT

  1. speaking trumpet

    A speaking trumpet is a communication device, similar to a megaphone, that was historically used to amplify a person's voice to be heard over long distances. It is generally funnel-shaped, with a broad opening that captures sound and directs it out of a narrower end, amplifying the volume of the sound in the process.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of speaking trumpet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of speaking trumpet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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