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sound effect

artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media
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sound effect

Summary

sound effect is a musical concept[1]. It draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #63 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • sound effect's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • sound effect is a type of sound[4].
  • sound effect is a type of special effects[5].
  • sound effect is part of radio drama[6].
  • sound effect's Commons category is recorded as Sound effects[7].
  • sound effect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sound effects[8].
  • sound effect's different from is recorded as audio effect[9].

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Definition and Type

sound effect's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include sound[4] and special effects[5].

Use and Application

sound effect is part of radio drama[6].

Why It Matters

sound effect draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #63 of 193).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → sound, special effects
    Instance of → musical concept
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18457, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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