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ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acoustic resistance mean?
• ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE (noun)
The noun ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
acoustic impedance; acoustic reactance; acoustic resistance
Hypernyms ("acoustic resistance" is a kind of...):
resistance (any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion)
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