acoustics

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.

   "Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very consderable branch of physics, and one which has been cultivated from the earliest ages.

2. 2
   noun

   The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.

   The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.

3. 3
   noun

   the study of the physical properties of sound

4. 4
   noun

   plural of acoustic

Etymology

From acoustic + -s.