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ˈsibilance
[See sibilant and -ance, and cf. F. sibilance.]
The character of being sibilant; a hissing sound. Also, an undue prominence of sibilants, esp. in reproduced sound.
1823Southey Lett. (1856) III. 397 The word preceding ends with s, and would occasion too marked a sibilance to be admitted without necessity. 1892Zangwill Bow Myst. 116 He felt like the author to whose ears is borne the ominous sibilance of the pit. 1939A. Clarke Coll. Plays (1963) 92 The words of the Chorus become a mere sibilance. 1943A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood 87 Her voluminous skirts which made such a lovely sibillance [sic] whenever she moved. 1960G. A. Briggs A to Z in Audio 183 Sibilance, a fault in reproduction in which consonants and, in particular, ‘s’ sounds are given unnatural prominence. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 82 ‘Tilting’ such a ribbon was at one time commonly used as a means of discriminating against sibilance (a voice defect which seems to be less of a nuisance than it has been in the past). 1974― Use of Microphones 24 Sometimes intelligibility is improved by using a microphone with a peak..in the 6000–8000 Hz frequency range... But this may also enhance the natural sibilance of some voices. 1979Amer. Poetry Rev. Mar./Apr. 26/1 Now if we take out the first one we risk sibilance by having the s of ‘Ignatius’ run into the s of ‘swallows’. |