See Also: vigilance(medicine)
vigilance(dictionary)
vigilance(dictionary)
VIGILANCE(law)

loudness (iou) and vigilance (iou)


loudness (iou)



loudness noun. LOE.
[from LOUD adjective + -NESS.]
The quality or condition of being loud; an instance of this. Also, the (great or small) extent to which a sound is heard as loud.
Comb.: loudness control a device on an Audio amplifier which corrects for the change in quality of reproduced sound at low volumes by boosting the bass (and often also the treble) relative to the middle frequencies.

vigilance (iou)



vigilance noun. L16.
[French, or Latin vigilantia, formed as VIGILANT: see -ANCE.]
The quality or character of being vigilant; watchfulness, alertness to danger etc.; close monitoring of a situation; caution. L16.
Guardian The Home Secretary..urged greater public vigilance after the..bombing.
b. A guard, a watch. rare (Milton). Only in M17.
The state of being awake; spec. in Medicine (now rare), insomnia. M18.
Comb.: vigilance committee US a self-appointed body for the maintenance of justice and order in a community lacking well-established procedures for such matters.
Also vigilancy noun M16-M18.