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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The scientific study of sound, especially of its generation, transmission, and reception.
  2. 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).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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. The manner in which sound is produced, its transmission through air and other media (sometimes called diacoustics), the theory of reflected sound, or echoes (sometimes called catacoustics), the properties and effects of different sounds, including musical sounds or notes, and the structure and action of the organ of hearing, are all included in acoustics. See sound.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The physical quality of a space for performing music.
  2. n. physics The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Physics.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the study of the physical properties of sound

Etymologies

  1. From French acoustique, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός, from ἀκούω ("to hear"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “We teach pre-degree, degree and postgraduate courses in acoustics, audio and video.”

    Archive 2007-01-21

  • “Salford has been carrying out teaching, research and consultancy in acoustics and audio for three decades.”

    Archive 2007-01-21

  • “Edward takes his music really seriously, having his room designed to achieve better acoustics from a particularly sophisticated sound-system.”

    Twilight Lexicon » Chapter Sixteen – Carlisle

  • “Despite the Bowl's heritage and charm, the acoustics are awful, the amplification seems to make things worse, and there is perhaps no single venue in the country more dedicated to Americans 'need to eat everywhere at all times.”

    Bowled Over

  • “It was at the Opera House, so of course the acoustics were amazing.”

    There Were Ashes on My Car (Music (For Robots))

  • “P It is no mean desire, "Mouse", I must say - and I would urge strongly that you attempt the experiment - it were safer for your own welfare that you toss that "brick" at a cliff than at the noble noodle of that amiable "Krazy Kat" - and at the same time I deem it a not unworthy assay in "acoustics" - yeh-h”

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  • “My first impressions of the acoustics were a bit mixed.”

    The New Yorker

  • “Some rules apply to a Divine Home; if the home is built in an old place of devotion, keeping high ceilings and taking advantage of the acoustics is a must; some of the best modern interiors are designed inside these structures.”

    The Chronicle

  • “The acoustics was a persistent problem, but the moderator said it was the only place that would hold the large number of people that were expected.”

    LA IMC

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  1. phonetics
  2. harmonics
  3. catacoustic
  4. diacoustics
  5. cataphonics
  6. dyophone
  7. millisavart
  8. nil
  9. note-value
  10. olfactology
  11. savart
  12. striking-reed
  13. subcontra
  1. two-clang
  2. vibration-ratio
  3. wave-rate
  4. tone color
  5. quarter-tone
  6. bisonance
  7. boomy
  8. catacoustics
  9. fifthy
  10. klangfarbe
  11. Ohm
  12. ultrasonics
  13. acoustical
  1. acoustician
  2. acoustically
  3. acoustics
  4. pitch
  5. resonance
  6. sound wave
  7. physics
  8. acoustic
  9. acoustic radiation pressure
  10. acoustic wave
  11. harmonic
  12. arsis
  13. comma
  1. diffraction
  2. echometry
  3. grave
  4. gravity
  5. harmonically
  6. high
  7. klang
  8. loop
  9. medium
  10. node
  11. radiophony
  12. ratio
  13. retardation
  1. schisma
  2. sympathetic
  3. sympathy
  4. synthesis
  5. acuteness
  6. air-beat
  7. beat-tone
  8. diplacusis
  9. haptics
  10. internode
  11. law
  12. quality
  13. synthesizer
  1. tone-determination
  2. undertone
  3. timbre
  4. tone

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