Silence
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| '''Silence''' is a relative or total [[lack]] of [[sound]]. An environment with sound below 20 [[decibels]] is considered quiet or silent. | '''Silence''' is a relative or total [[lack]] of [[sound]]. An environment with sound below 20 [[decibels]] is considered quiet or silent. | ||
| ==Gestures of silence== | ==Gestures of silence== | ||
| - | :''[[shh]]'' | + | :''[[shh]], [[gestures of silence]]'' |
| - | *[[Forefinger before lips]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Forefinger_before_lips], laying vertically one's [[forefinger]] across the [[lips]] is a gesture meaning silence | + | |
| ==Visual representation of silence== | ==Visual representation of silence== | ||
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Silence is a relative or total lack of sound. An environment with sound below 20 decibels is considered quiet or silent.
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Gestures of silence
Visual representation of silence
Namesakes
- "It's Oh So Quiet" by Bjork
- Le Silence [2] by Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
- The Silence (Fuseli) [3]
See also
- Anechoic chamber
- Background noise
- Gestures of silence
- Humming
- List of silent musical compositions
- Monastic silence
- Murke's Collected Silences
- Omertà
- Retreat for the religious meaning of silence.
- Silencer (disambiguation)
- Silent film
- Silent letter for a letter that does not correspond to any sound in a word's pronunciation.
- Sunshine and Silent Rooms
- 4′33″
- Vow of Silence
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![[2]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Silence_O_Redon_Lille_2918.jpg){kind=link}
![[3]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Heinrich_Füssli_008.jpg){kind=link}