ACOUSTIC PHENOMENON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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