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The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
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Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause.
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(architecture) (of building materials) Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.
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(uncountable, engineering, acoustics) A phenomenon wherein external stimuli such as mechanical loading generate physical vibrations.
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One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
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Obsolete form of acoustics. [(physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.]
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(physics) Describing a magnetic wave that resembles a sound wave
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(physics) Pertaining to acoustooptics.
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(physics) A branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces.
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Of or pertaining to ambisonics
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The science of reflected sounds.
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reflection or refraction of light or sound.
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(physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of molecules is too small to support the propagation of sound
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(acoustics) lacking echoes; that absorbs sound
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The theory that patterns on ancient artifacts encode the sounds produced while they were being created, now considered a pseudoscience.
adj
Having or relating to audiophilia.
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The simulation of acoustic phenomena that is used in configuring the soundscape of concert venues, public spaces, and other such environments.
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A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.
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Of or relating to catacoustics.
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The branch of optics dealing with reflection.
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(music, acoustics, physics) sounding together
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Describing any secondary effect of sound or similar vibrations.
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Relating to diacoustics.
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The act of breaking a problem down into components which can be solved independently before being joined back together to obtain a solution to the whole problem.
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The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
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An acoustic diffraction pattern produced when sound waves are diffracted through fractal-patterned apertures
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(obsolete) Capable of being seen through.
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The technique of using reflected pulses of sound to determine depth or the location of objects (or fish) under water.
adj
Relating to, or employing, acoustic echos
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The science of the relationship between sound and the environment
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A square diagram showing the probabilities of two independent factors
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(physics) the science of the interaction and interconversion of electric and acoustic phenomena
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A variant of the gammatone filter, intended as a more realistic model of the auditory system.
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The phenomenon whereby humans localize sound sources in the direction of the first arriving sound, even in the presence of a single reflection from a different direction.
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Any of various sciences and technologies dealing with sound transmitted through water.
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The study and the application of infrasound.
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(choreography) Labanotation.
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(archaic) An instrument for remedying or assisting imperfect hearing by making faint sounds audible.
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The study of very weak or minor sounds.
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(archaic) Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic.
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That has been obtained by imaging from a single viewpoint
adj
Synonym of otoacoustic
n
Otoacoustic sounds and related phenomena, collectively.
adj
Relating to the physiotherapeutic uses of sound
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The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
adj
Synonym of psychoacoustic
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The scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech.
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Pertaining to sonication.
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A contact-free form of rheometry that uses sound
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The localization of sound by angular sources.
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The condition of being stereoregular
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Synonym of ultrasonicate
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A particular algorithm for time-varying spectral analysis.
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(chiefly in the plural) Any coordinate in a three-dimensional coordinate system used to map the universal locations of structures in the human brain.
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Of or pertaining to thermoacoustics
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The spatial arrangement of the processing of sounds of different frequencies within the auditory system.
adj
(physics) Having a frequency outside the range of audible sounds.
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