acoustics
The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
Other meanings
The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.
“The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.”
Related words
- noraconitine
- aeroacoustics
- archaeoacoustics
- bioacoustics
- ecoacoustics
- electroacoustics
- hydroacoustics
- ionoacoustics
- magnetoacoustics
- microacoustics
- otoacoustics
- phytoacoustics
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