sonic
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈsɑnɪk/
:
acústico
- Once all seismic devices were in place, a surface vessel aimed sonic bursts at the ocean floor.
- sonic crystals
And, and it was a Sonic thing, like the sound of Pat Smear's guitar.
- And, and it was a Sonic thing, like the sound of Pat Smear's guitar.
- LRAD is a Sonic long range acoustic weapon.
- Like Glenn Campbell is sitting there like physically interacting with a Sonic instrument to make noise.
- And then there's the Asus laptops which include a Sonic sound suite that's for sound control also unnecessary.
- That if you could turn off the dialogue and just hear the Sonic waves going without them talking, you can still get a sense of what's happening in the film.
- You can't ignore the volume or the method of the deployment of these Sonic entitlements, especially in punk.
- That is very fair but they are calling it a patent pending frat Sonic chambered exhaust system.
Examples
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What is commonly referred to as 'Krautrock' served as a template for sonic exploration.
Blog text (6) -
Popular music from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries poses sonic challenges as well.
Academic text (2010) -
See, the sound, the sonic vibrations, they go in there.
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There may be electric or sonic components too; we can't be sure.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were often sonic booms back there, but this had not sounded like one.
Fiction book (1991) -
A sneak peek at the world premiere of our newest sonic creation.
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The seismic surveys use devices that record sonic waves reflected from rock formations.
Academic text (2008) -
Music creates sonic vibrations.
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This, Mr. Dill... is the all-new Fontaine marine sonic fish finder.
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The scientists studied the sonic waves produced by the earthquake to understand its impact.
Synonyms
65
4.7
About sound and how it behaves in a place
43
3.5
Loud enough for people to hear
28
5.2
Relating to hearing or the way people hear sounds
6
6.2
About sound and how it is made or heard
4
5.9
About hearing or the sense of the ear
About hearing or the ability to hear sounds
Compounds
- Specialized
8
4.5
A loud, explosive sound made when something like a plane goes faster than sound
- Specialized
1
8.1
A sudden increase in air resistance when a plane nears the speed of sound
- Specialized
A device that uses sound waves to measure how deep water or things under it are
Surface Forms
Morphology
sonic = son + ic
Formed from the combining form 'son-' (meaning 'sound') plus the adjectival suffix '-ic'; the suffix meaning 'relating to' is clear but the root 'son-' is not a standalone English word and may be unfamiliar to learners.
Etymology
Sonic comes from the old Latin word sonus, which means 'sound'. So sonic simply describes things that are about sound or the sounds we can hear.