All 3 Uses of
audible
in
The House of Hades
- The fog cleared with an audible poof!†
p. 25.8 *audible = capable of being heard
- Calypso's voice was barely audible.†
p. 402.1
- Another voice spoke—female, but barely audible, like it was coming from a long way away.†
p. 478.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(audible as in: barely audible) capable of being heard
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In football, the term has come to include an instruction shouted from the line of scrimmage.
Recently, the word is also being used to indicate sounds that could be played on a phone or computer; for example "audibles include creative hellos that can be downloaded."