Acoustics

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The scientific study of sound, especially of its generation, transmission, and reception.
  • n. The total effect of sound, especially as produced in an enclosed space: "Such annoyances are frequently caused by flaws in the acoustics rather than the performers” ( Mel Gussow).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The physical quality of a space for performing music.
  • n. The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The science of sound; the study of the cause, nature, and phenomena of the vibrations of elastic bodies which affect the organ of hearing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the study of the physical properties of sound
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    physics    physical science   
    Hyponym
    harmonics    phonetics   
     
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