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psychoacoustics

psychoacoustics noun: the scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech.

Noun

psychoacoustics (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech.

Origin of psychoacoustics

From psycho- + acoustics.

Words formed from psychoacoustics

Questions about psychoacoustics

What does psychoacoustics mean?
Psychoacoustics means the scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech.
What part of speech is psychoacoustics?
Psychoacoustics is a noun.

Words near psychoacoustics in the dictionary

  1. psychoacoustic
  2. psychoacoustical
  3. psychoacoustically
  4. psychoacoustician
  5. psychoacousticians
  6. psychoacoustics
  7. psychoactivation
  8. psychoactivations
  9. psychoactive
  10. psychoactively
  11. psychoactives

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