ACOUSTICS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The study of the physical properties of sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("acoustics" is a kind of...):

physical science; physics (the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something)

Domain member category:

acoustic radiation pressure ((acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave)

acoustic wave; sound wave ((acoustics) a wave that transmits sound)

reflect; reverberate (to throw or bend back (from a surface))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acoustics"):

harmonics (the study of musical sound)

phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)

Derivation:

acoustic; acoustical (of or relating to the science of acoustics)

acoustician (a physicist who specializes in acoustics)