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The loudest thing in any room once everyone finally stops talking.
means Making little or no sound, or having a calm, still, untroubled quality.
from From Latin 'quietus,' meaning rest or repose — the past participle of 'quiescere,' to rest or be still. It drifted into Old French as 'quiet' before settling into English. The same Latin root quietly fathered a whole family: 'quit,' 'acquit,' 'requiem,' even 'tranquil' — all of them, in their way, about being left in peace.
- never silent
- Anechoic chambers let you hear your own blood flowing
- costs millions
- Libraries fight noise with felt, baffles, and dread
- prey instinct
- Animals go quiet right before something terrible happens
- power move
- Saying nothing unsettles people more than shouting
for instance
silent library competition — annual world championship in finland where participants sit silently the longest, record over 6 hours
death valley sound study — gordon hempton recorded 1 minute of near-total silence there in 1989, one of earth's quietest places