ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acoustic radiation pressure mean? 

• ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE (noun)
  The noun ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave

  Familiarity information: ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("acoustic radiation pressure" is a kind of...):

corpuscular-radiation pressure; radiation pressure (the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave)

Domain category:

acoustics (the study of the physical properties of sound)