Look up: acoustics

1. acoustics
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-kūs′tiks Definitions: 1. The science concerned with sound.
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2. Acoustics
   1) The science of sound. 2) The factors and characteristics of a room or space that determine the sound capabilities and properties of that room.
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3. acoustics
   [n] - the study of the physical properties of sound
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4. Acoustics
   The behaviour of sound and its study. The acoustics of a room depend on its size and shape and the amount and position of sound-absorbing and reflecting material.
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5. Acoustics
   The study of sound and its behavior within an environment.
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6. Acoustics
   Acoustics (Greek., akouein, 'to hear'), term sometimes used for the science of sound in general, as in those qualities of an enclosure that together determine its character with respect to distinct hearing. It is more commonly used for the special branch of that science, architectural acoustics, tha...
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7. Acoustics
   Acoustics is the branch of physics which studies sound generally. Architectural acoustics is primarily the use of science in controlling sound quality within buildings.
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8. Acoustics
   The degree of sound. The nature, cause, and phenomena of the vibrations of elastic bodies; which vibrations create compressional waves or wave fronts which are transmitted through various media, such as air, water, wood, steel, etc.
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9. Acoustics
   A·cous'tics (#; 277) noun [ Names of sciences in -ics , as, acoustics , mathematics , etc., are usually treated as singular. See -ics .] (Physics.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws. &#...
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10. acoustics
    <physics> The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws. 'Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerable branch of physics.' (Sir J. Herschel) ... The science is, by some writers, divided, into diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds coming di...
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11. acoustics
    noun the study of the physical properties of sound
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12. acoustics
    (ә-kldbomacs´tiks) the science of sound and hearing.
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13. Acoustics
    • (n.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
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14. acoustics
    the science concerned with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound. The term is derived from the Greek akoustos, ... [11 related articles]
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15. acoustics
    acoustics A science career in the production, transmission, and effects of sound.
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16. Acoustics
    The science of the transmission of sound waves. Generally refers to the characteristics of auditoriums, theatres and studios with respect to their design.
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17. acoustics
    the study of sound and sound waves. Ocean scientists use acoustic technology to determine their position, map the sea floor, and to track marine animals.
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18. acoustics
    acoustics (ukOO'stiks) [Gr.,=the facts about hearing], the science of sound, including its production, propagation, and effects. Various branches of acoustics that deal with different aspects of sound and hearing include bioacoustics, physical acoustics, ultrasonics, and architectural acoustics....
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19. Acoustics
    The most straightforward definition of acoustics is the science of sound. The term, however, also refers to any of the surrounding factors in an immediate area that can affect the quality of sound. The factors involved in acoustics are particularly important when recording indoors, outdoors, and in sound reproduction in a theatre or auditorium
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20. Acoustics
    Acoustics is the experimental and theoretical science of sound and hearing, and especially the phenomena of sound in space, such as buildings.
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21. acoustics
    (physics) In general, the experimental and theoretical science of sound and its transmission; in particular, that branch of the science that has to do with the phenomena of sound in a particular space such as a room or theatre. In architecture, the sound-reflecting character of an inte...
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22. Acoustics
    `Acoustics` is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics techno...
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23. Acoustics
    (Floater album) `Acoustics` is an album released by Floater in August 2004. Refusing to settle for covering their electric songs, the band brings new tales that are accompanied not only by the guitars and percussion Floater is known for, but also strings, piano, and other facets that a...
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24. Acoustics
    (Hella EP) `Acoustics EP` is an acoustic live EP by Hella. Track listing: # "1-800-Ghost Dance"&nbsp;– 3:18 # "Woman of the 90`s"&nbsp;– 3:15 # "Cafeteria Bananas"&nbsp;– 4:15 # "Biblical Violence"&nbsp;â€â...
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25. Acoustics
    (Tony Rice album) `Acoustics` is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released originally on November 30, 1978. Album was recorded soon after Rice left David Grisman Quintet to pursue his own music. On Acoustics album, he merges different genres like jazz, bluegrass and folk, whic...
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