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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English acoustical English nonacoustical From non- + acoustical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not acoustical; nonacoustic.
Vision exerts the most widely recognized nonacoustical influence on apparent sound position.
2012, William A. Yost, Richard R. Fay, Human Psychophysics, page 172:attitudes and other nonacoustical factors may modify this effect
2012, Ravi Jain, Handbook of Environmental Engineering Assessment, page 600:Table 3.5 presents the summary of the nonacoustical parameters used for modelling the observed acoustic absorption coefficient behaviour.
2014, Mats Nilsson, Jörgen Bengtsson, Ronny Klaeboe, Environmental Methods for Transport Noise Reduction, page 73: