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photoacoustics

photoacoustics noun: the emission of sound from a material illuminated by a modulated light source.

Noun

photoacoustics (uncountable)

  1. The emission of sound from a material illuminated by a modulated light source

Origin of photoacoustics

From photo- + acoustics.

Questions about photoacoustics

What does photoacoustics mean?
Photoacoustics means the emission of sound from a material illuminated by a modulated light source.
What part of speech is photoacoustics?
Photoacoustics is a noun.

Words near photoacoustics in the dictionary

  1. photoaccumulations
  2. photoacid
  3. photoacids
  4. photoacoustic
  5. photoacoustically
  6. photoacoustics
  7. photoactinic
  8. photoactivable
  9. photoactivatable
  10. photoactivate
  11. photoactivated

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