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Acoustics

Of or pertaining to the study of mechanical waves in all stages of matter including sounds, vibration, ultrasounds, and infrasound.

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Acoustics

hydrophones

Physics; Acoustics

Microphones designed to be used underwater.

noise

Physics; Acoustics

Unwanted sound.

underwater acoustics

Physics; Acoustics

Underwater sound, which can be used in conducting underwater measurements.

sound

Physics; Acoustics

Mechanical wave disturbances through matter, which may or may not be audible by the human ear.

wave

Physics; Acoustics

An oscillatory disturbance which moves away from some source and transports no discernible amount of matter over large distances of propagation.

acoustic trauma

Science; Acoustics

Instantaneous injury to or destruction of one or more components of the auditory system, caused by exposure to a very high transient sound pressure (e.g. from an explosion or weapons fire). The term ...

acoustic turbulence

Science; Acoustics

A term used to describe the finite-amplitude evolution of a broadband acoustic waveform, as it propagates under the combined effects of non-linearity and dissipation. It implies an analogy with ...

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