Acoustics Meaning
/əˈkuː.stɪks/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
nounThe properties of a space that affect how sound carries.
Sentence Examples
The poor acoustics in the hall severely affected the audience's enjoyment of the concert.
The new concert hall has state-of-the-art acoustics.
The acoustics in the basement aren't very good.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The auditorium's poor ____ made the speakers hard to understand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the old cathedral made the choir sound angelic.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics From acoustic + -s.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very consderable branch of physics, and one which has been cultivated from the earliest ages."
— 1831, John Herschel, Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green: Paternoster Row, and John Taylor, Upper Gower Street, page 248:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The auditorium's poor ____ made the speakers hard to understand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the old cathedral made the choir sound angelic.