acoustic : Idioms & Phrases

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acoustic aphasia

  • noun an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
    word deafness; auditory aphasia.
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acoustic buoy

  • noun a buoy that can be heard (at night)
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acoustic delay line

  • noun a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves
    sonic delay line.
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acoustic device

  • noun a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
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Acoustic duct

  • the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
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acoustic gramophone

  • noun an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically
    gramophone.
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acoustic guitar

  • noun sound is not amplified by electrical means
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acoustic impedance

  • noun opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
    acoustic reactance; acoustic impedance.
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acoustic meatus

  • noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
    auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal; auditory canal.
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acoustic modem

  • noun a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again
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acoustic nerve

  • noun a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
    auditory nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve; eighth cranial nerve.
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acoustic phenomenon

  • noun a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound
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acoustic power

  • noun the physical intensity of sound
    sound pressure level.
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acoustic projection

  • noun the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
    projection; sound projection.
    • our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection
    • a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice
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acoustic radiation pressure

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

  • noun opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
    acoustic reactance; acoustic impedance.
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acoustic resistance

  • noun opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
    acoustic reactance; acoustic impedance.
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acoustic spectrum

  • noun the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source
    sound spectrum.
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acoustic storage

  • noun a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines
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Acoustic telegraph

  • a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone.
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Acoustic vessels

  • brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.
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acoustic wave

  • noun (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
    sound wave.
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electro-acoustic transducer

  • noun a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
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ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system

  • noun a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship
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