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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 componentplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE (noun)


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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