Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loudness war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: loud-ness war
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

Inflected Forms

loudness wars (plural)

Synonyms

loudness race

Questions

What does loudness war mean?: The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

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