otoacoustics en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs) Ancient Greek ὠτ- (ōt-)der. English ot- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oto- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ▲ 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 English otoacoustics From oto- + acoustics.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The science studying otoacoustic sounds.
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(uncountable) Otoacoustic sounds and related phenomena, collectively.
These faint sounds of otoacoustics, produced by the expansion and contractions of hair cells within the outer cochlea, could not be measured until the development of sufficiently sensitive low noise microphones in the late 1970s, so the […]
2010, David Toop, Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener: