acoustics
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- noun
- /əˈkuːstɪks/
- Specialized
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acústica
- The scientist conducted a detailed analysis of the acoustics in the concert hall to improve sound quality.
- musical acoustics
- room acoustics
- acoustics of speech
So the point is, acoustics is their world.
- So the point is, acoustics is their world.
- Sapphire Pulse is better than this one for acoustics and thermals, especially noise normalized.
- It's super famous for the history, but it's also super famous for the acoustics because it's all wood.
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Aren't the hall's new acoustics amazing?
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It's super famous for the history, but it's also super famous for the acoustics because it's all wood.
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How do the acoustics, how much do the acoustics matter to you?
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The place never had good acoustics to start with.
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The acoustics seem all right.
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The acoustics in here are weird.
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The acoustics will be wonderful.
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The acoustics here are famous.
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We used to play guitars in the stairwells 'cause they had nice acoustics.
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The ballad was captivating, especially with the acoustics of the near-empty room.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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The study of sound waves and how they move
How Perceptual
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4.5
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7.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Acoustics comes from the Greek root akouein and the shorter form acou-, which mean 'to hear'. You can see the same root in audio, so acoustics is the study of sound—how it is made, how it moves, and how we hear it.