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howl
Electronics an unwanted prolonged high-pitched sound produced by a sound-producing system as a result of feedback
howl [hau̇l]
(engineering acoustics)
Undesirable prolonged sound produced by a radio receiver or audio-frequency amplifier system because of either electric or acoustic feedback.
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Kwaque possessed a jews' harp, and, whenever the world of the Makambo and the servitude to the steward grew wearisome, he could transport himself to King William Island by thrusting the primitive instrument between his jaws and fanning weird rhythms from it with his hand, and when he thus crossed space and time, Michael sang-- or howled, rather, though his howl possessed the same soft mellowness as Jerry's.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Now rolls the thunder deep, Down the cloud valley, And the gibbons around me Howl in the long night.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
When our brigade first went into camp on the Potomac, we used to be brought up standing, occasionally, by an ear-splitting howl of anguish.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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