About The Word Acoustics
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Acoustics
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What's The Definition Of Acoustics?
[n] the study of the physical properties of sound
Synonyms | Synonyms for Acoustics: Related Terms | Find terms related to Acoustics: acoustical engineer | acoustician | aerophysics | applied physics | astrophysics | basic conductor physics | biophysics | chemical physics | cryogenics | crystallography | cytophysics | electron physics | electronics | electrophysics | geophysics | macrophysics | mathematical physics | mechanics | medicophysics | microphysics | natural philosophy | natural science | Newtonian physics | nuclear physics | optics | philosophy | phonics | physic | physical chemistry | physical science | physicochemistry | physicomathematics | physics | psychophysics | radiation physics | radioacoustics | radionics | solar physics | solid-state physics | statics | stereophysics | theoretical physics | thermodynamics | zoophysics See Also | harmonics | natural philosophy | phonetics | physical science | physics Acoustics In Webster's Dictionary \A*cous"tics\ (#; 277), n. [Names of sciences in -ics,
as, acoustics, mathematics, etc., are usually treated as
singular. See {-ics}.] (Physics.)
The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and
laws.
Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very
considerable branch of physics. --Sir J.
Herschel.
Note: The science is, by some writers, divided, into
diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds
coming directly from the ear; and catacoustica, which
treats of reflected sounds or echoes.
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