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acoustics

acous.tics \*-'ku:-stiks\ n also acoustic pl but sing or pl in constr  1: a 
   science that deals with the production, control, transmission, recepti on, 
   and effects of sound 2: the sum of the qualities that determine the value 
   of an auditorium or ot her enclosure as to distinct hearing