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ACOUSTIC PHENOMENON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("acoustic phenomenon" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acoustic phenomenon"):
distortion (a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal))
acoustic projection; projection; sound projection (the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality)