Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure that propagates through compressible media such as air or water. (Sound can propagate through solids as well, but there are additional modes of propagation). During propagation, waves can be reflected, refracted, or attenuated by the medium.

The behavior of sound propagation is generally affected by three things:

• A relationship between density and pressure. This relationship, affected by temperature, determines the speed of sound within the medium.
• The propagation is also affected by the motion of the medium itself. For example, sound moving through wind. Independent of the motion of sound through the medium, if the medium is moving, the sound is further transported.
• The viscosity of the medium also affects the motion of sound waves. It determines the rate at which sound is attenuated. For many media, such as air or water, attenuation due to viscosity is negligible.

When sound is moving through a medium that does not have constant physical properties, it may be refracted (either dispersed or focused).

Adjective

sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

1. Healthy.

   He was safe and sound.

2. Complete, solid, or secure.

   Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

3. (mathematics, logic) (argument, logical system) having the soundness property.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

4. (UK, slang) Good or a good thing.

   "How are you?" - "I'm sound."

   That's a sound track you're playing.

Derived terms terms derived from sound (adjective)

• safe and sound
• sound as a bell

• soundly

Sound is the vibration of matter, as perceived by the sense of hearing. Unwanted or annoying sound is often called noise.

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