Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vu meter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: vu me-ter
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A display in audio equipment that represents the loudness of the signal.

noun

Any animated graphical representation of the volume of sound or music (often subdivided across channels).

Example Sentences

"VU (volume unit) meters are wonderful to look at as their pointers swing merrily back and forth across their brightly-lit faces."
"The accuracy of VU meters is sometimes questioned in two areas."
"The ECC Syncro Demo is a demonstration of text scrolling in the GS border area, as well as having VU meters in the border area. Similar to FTA's X-mas demo."
"Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any source code that showed how to read the values to construct a VU meter from a tracker replay routine."

Etymology

Abbreviation of volume unit + meter.

Inflected Forms

VU meters (plural)

Questions

What does vu meter mean?: A display in audio equipment that represents the loudness of the signal.
Where does vu meter come from?: Abbreviation of volume unit + meter.

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