acoustics

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acoustics

  • /əˈkuː.stɪks/

noun acoustics See · acousticks

  1. uncountable The science that studies sound, its nature, behavior, and the laws that govern it. "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. uncountable The properties of a space that influence sound propagation. The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.

noun acousticks

  1. plural plural of acoustic

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Closest in meaning: acoustical, sound, noise, acoustooptics, otoacoustics, bioacoustics, thermoacoustics, hydroacoustics, ecoacoustics, acousto-optics, aeroacoustics, psychoacoustics, catacoustics, diacoustics, radioacoustics, sonology

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noun the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws

Españolacústica
日本語音響学 onkyōgaku
中文声学 shēngxué
Portuguêsacústica
Françaisacoustique
DeutschAkustik
Italianoacustica
Ελληνικάακουστική akoustikí
Русскийаку́стика akústika
Tiếng Việtâm học
עבריתאקוסטיקה akustiká, תורת הקול torat ha-kól

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@misc{acoustics_2026,
  title = {acoustics},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acoustics},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}