acoustics

Etymology
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Noun
See -ics regarding the treatment of such nouns as singular.


 * 1)  The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
 * 2) The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.
 * 1) The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.

Usage notes

 * The science was previously divided by some writers into diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds coming directly from (sic! Webster) the ear; and catacoustics, which treats of reflected sounds or echoes. This division is now obsolete.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: acústica
 * Chinese:
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akustiko
 * Finnish:
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 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აკუსტიკა
 * German:
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 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fuaimeolaíocht, acústaic
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 音響学
 * Latvian: akustika
 * Malay:, kaji bunyi
 * Maori: mātai oro
 * Polish:
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 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fuaimearrachd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: аку̀стика
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tunugan
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: âm học


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