ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("acoustic radiation pressure" is a kind of...):

corpuscular-radiation pressure; radiation pressure (the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave)

Domain category:

acoustics (the study of the physical properties of sound)

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