 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acoustics
noun: the study of the physical properties of sound
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acoustics \A*cous"tics\ (#; 277), noun [Names of sciences in -ics,
as, acoustics, mathematics, etc., are usually treated as
singular. See {-ics}.] (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 J.
Herschel.
Note: The science is, by some writers, divided, into
diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds
coming directly from the ear; and catacoustica, which
treats of reflected sounds or echoes.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "acoustics":
Newtonian physics, acoustical engineer, acoustician, aerophysics,
applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics,
chemical physics, cryogenics, crystallography, cytophysics,
electron physics, electronics, electrophysics, geophysics,
macrophysics, mathematical physics, mechanics, medicophysics,
microphysics, natural philosophy, natural science, nuclear physics,
optics, philosophy, phonics, physic, physical chemistry,
physical science, physicochemistry, physicomathematics, physics,
psychophysics, radiation physics, radioacoustics, radionics,
solar physics, solid-state physics, statics, stereophysics,
theoretical physics, thermodynamics, zoophysics
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