Mute

Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak.

Mute may also refer to:

Technology

• Mute (music), a device used to alter the sound of a musical instrument
  • The mute switch or button on an electronic audio mixer, which silences a channel
  • The tuner mute button, a switch on a bass instrument amplifier which silences the sound outputs
  • Left-hand muting or palm mute, guitar muting techniques
• The mute function on a television, which disables all audio output
• Muting on social media, preventing another user's posts from appearing in one's feed

Titled works

• Mute (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart
• Mute (2018 film), a science-fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones
• Mute (album), a 2000 indie rock compilation album from Hush Records
• Muted (album), a 2003 album from hip hop artist Alias
• Mute (magazine), an online magazine of culture and politics
• "Mute" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
• "Mute" (short story), by Stephen King

Other uses

• Mute (death customs), a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures
• Mute (food), a soup from Colombia
• Mute Records, a record label in the United Kingdom
• A silent letter, in phonology