acoustics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio
- /əˈkuː.stɪks/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics From acoustic + -s.
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of acoustic
form of acoustic
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(uncountable) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
"Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very consderable branch of physics, and one which has been cultivated from the earliest ages.
1831, John Herschel, Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green: Paternoster Row, and John Taylor, Upper Gower Street, page 248:
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(uncountable) The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.
The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| acousticks | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| acoustics See | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
magnetoacoustics · bioacoustics · ionoacoustics · electroacoustics · ecoacoustics · thermoacoustics · noraconitine · quantum acoustics · polyacoustics · photoacoustics · phytoacoustics · otoacoustics · aeroacoustics · hydroacoustics · archaeoacoustics · radioacoustics · psychoacoustics · microacoustics
Relateds
Translations (36)
th สวนศาสตร์ (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · lv akustika (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · fr acoustique (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · sh akùstika (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · cs akustika (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · hu hangtan (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · vi âm học (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · eo akustiko (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · nl akoestiek (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · pl akustyka (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · id akustika (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ca acústica (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ta ஒலியியல் (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · bg акустика (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ga fuaimeolaíocht (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · mi mātai oro (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · fi akustiikka (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · es acústica (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ms akustik (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · el ακουστική (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ga acústaic (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ja 音響学 (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · it acustica (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · tl tunugan (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · gd fuaimearrachd (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · cmn 声学 (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · sv akustik (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ka აკუსტიკა (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ru аку́стика (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · gl acústica (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · pt acústica (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · hu akusztika (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · sh аку̀стика (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · io akustiko (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · de Akustik (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws) · ms kaji bunyi (the science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws)