acoustics

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈkuːstɪks/

Noun

acoustics (uncountable)
See -ics regarding the treatment of such nouns as singular.

1. The physical quality of a space for conveying sound.

   Until they discovered the non-contractual concrete slab under the stage floor, everyone at Carnegie Hall wondered, since the renovations, why the acoustics had changed.

2. (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 John Herschel.

Related terms

• acoustic
• mechanical wave

Translations

• French: acoustique
• German: Akustik
• Italian: acustica
• Portuguese: acústica
• Russian: аку́стика
• Spanish: acústica

Translations

• French: acoustique
• German: Akustik
• Italian: acustica
• Portuguese: acústica
• Russian: аку́стика
• Spanish: acústica

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