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psychoacoustic

psychoacoustic adjective: of or pertaining to psychoacoustics.

Adjective

psychoacoustic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to psychoacoustics
    • Or at least, they seem to: Mr. Reich’s real discovery here is the power of the overtone series and of psychoacoustic effects.2009 July 27, Allan Kozinn, “2 Pianists in Supple, Flowing Dialogue”, in New York Times

Origin of psychoacoustic

From psycho- + acoustic.

Words formed from psychoacoustic

Questions about psychoacoustic

What does psychoacoustic mean?
Psychoacoustic means of or pertaining to psychoacoustics.
What part of speech is psychoacoustic?
Psychoacoustic is an adjective.

Words near psychoacoustic in the dictionary

  1. psycho-biddy
  2. psycho-functionalism
  3. psycho-functionalist
  4. psycho-philosophical
  5. psycho-socio-philosophical
  6. psychoacoustic
  7. psychoacoustical
  8. psychoacoustically
  9. psychoacoustician
  10. psychoacousticians
  11. psychoacoustics

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