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Acoustics

//əˈkuː.stɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws. uncountable

    ""Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very consderable branch of physics, and one which has been cultivated from the earliest ages."

  2. 2
    plural of acoustic form-of, plural
  3. 3
    the study of the physical properties of sound wordnet
  4. 4
    The properties of a space that affect how sound carries. uncountable

    "The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From acoustic + -s.

Etymology 2

From acoustic + -s.

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