Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or act of measuring the duration, etc., of sounds.
  • noun In architecture, the art of constructing buildings in conformity with the principles of acoustics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.
  • noun The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The measurement of the duration of sounds or echoes.
  • noun The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

Etymologies

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Compare French échométrie.

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