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ACOUSTICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of the physical properties of sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acoustics" is a kind of...):
physical science; physics (the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something)
Domain member category:
acoustic radiation pressure ((acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave)
acoustic wave; sound wave ((acoustics) a wave that transmits sound)
reflect; reverberate (to throw or bend back (from a surface))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acoustics"):
harmonics (the study of musical sound)
phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)
Derivation:
acoustic; acoustical (of or relating to the science of acoustics)
acoustician (a physicist who specializes in acoustics)
