nonsound

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ sound.

Noun

nonsound (countable and uncountable, plural nonsounds)

  1. That which is not sound (something audible).
    • 1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, page 217:
      Consider other types of accompaniment: blinking lights, fans and streamers, a parade of candles. Design your nonsound accompaniment and your relation to it (instigator, victim, partner, background). Improvise.
    • 2013, Rick Bass, All the Land to Hold Us:
      She listened harder as the sound separated itself from the nonsound, and as her sleep separated from waking.