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phonocamptic

phonocamptic adjective: reflective of sound.

Adjective

phonocamptic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) reflective of sound.
    • […] magnifying the sound by the polyphonisms or repercussions of the rocks, caverns, and other phonocamptic objects below in the mount.1786, William Derham, Derham's Physico and Astro Theology

Origin of phonocamptic

From phono- + Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend”) + -ic. Compare French phonocamptique.

Questions about phonocamptic

What does phonocamptic mean?
Phonocamptic means reflective of sound.
What part of speech is phonocamptic?
Phonocamptic is an adjective.

Words near phonocamptic in the dictionary

  1. phonoaudiologist
  2. phonoaudiologists
  3. phonoaudiology
  4. phonobreather
  5. phonobreathers
  6. phonocamptic
  7. phonocardiogram
  8. phonocardiograms
  9. phonocardiograph
  10. phonocardiographic
  11. phonocardiographically

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