in Physics, a term which expresses a simple idea; it is that primary information which we obtain of external things by means of the sense of hearing. See Acoustics.

Geography, denotes in general any strait or inlet of the sea between two headlands. It is given by way of eminence to the strait between Sweden and Denmark, joining the German ocean to the Baltic, being about three miles over. See Denmark, No. 32, and Elsinore.