Catacoustics

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science which studies reflected sound. archaic, uncountable

    "The subject of Catacoustics, or the doctrine of reflected sound, is, perhaps, the most unsatisfactory in its results of any branch of physical science."

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cataphonicscataphonics

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"The subject of Catacoustics, or the doctrine of reflected sound, is, perhaps, the most unsatisfactory in its results of any branch of physical science."

Etymology

From cata- + acoustics.

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