| acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness |
acoustic delay line
sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
| acoustic guitar | sound is not amplified by electrical means |
| acoustic modem | a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again |
| acoustic storage | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
defensive structure
defense
defence | a structure used to defend against attack, the artillery battered down the defenses |
| electro-acoustic transducer | a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
gramophone
acoustic gramophone | an antique record player, the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically |
megalith
megalithic structure | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) |
| ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
| supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something |
| structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, artists must study the structure of the human body, the structure of the benzene molecule |
acoustic power
sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
| acoustic radiation pressure | (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave |
body
organic structure
physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being), he felt as if his whole body were on fire |
structure
anatomical structure
complex body part
bodily structure
body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
tube
tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
auditory meatus
acoustic meatus
ear canal
auditory canal
external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
| vascular structure | a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels |
muscular structure
musculature
muscle system | the muscular system of an organism |
| neural structure | a structure that is part of the nervous system |
acoustic nerve
auditory nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
nervus vestibulocochlearis
eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
| cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage |
horny structure
unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
| skeletal structure | any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
| structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations, his lectures have no structure |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
syntax sentence structure
phrase structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
morphology sound structure
syllable structure
word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
| acoustic buoy | a buoy that can be heard (at night) |
sound wave
acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
hierarchy power structure
pecking order | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
| class structure | the organization of classes within a society |
social organization
social organisation
social structure
social system
structure | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships, the social organization of England and America is very different, sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family |
| acoustic phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |
| fine structure | the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements, the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels |
acoustic resistance
acoustic impedance
acoustic reactance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface, acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component |
sound spectrum
acoustic spectrum | the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source |
projection
acoustic projection
sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality, our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection, a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice |
| reproductive structure | the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
plant part
plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus |
auditory aphasia
acoustic aphasia
word deafness | an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss |
| structure | give a structure to, I need to structure my days |
acoustic
acoustical | of or relating to the science of acoustics, acoustic properties of a hall |