| 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 |
| ceiling | the overhead upper surface of a covered space, he hated painting the ceiling |
| 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 |
| ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
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 |
| ceiling | (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds |
| ceiling | maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) |
| absolute ceiling | the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight |
combat ceiling
service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
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 |
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 |
ceiling
roof
cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
| glass ceiling | a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions |
| acoustic buoy | a buoy that can be heard (at night) |
sound wave
acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
| acoustic phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |
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 |
debt limit
debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
| national debt ceiling | a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise, periodically raised by Congress |
auditory aphasia
acoustic aphasia
word deafness | an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss |
e flip one's lid
blow up
throw a fit
hit the roof
hit the ceiling
have kittens
have a fit
combust
blow one's stack
fly off the handle
flip one's wig
lose one's temper
blow a fuse
go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
acoustic
acoustical | of or relating to the science of acoustics, acoustic properties of a hall |