Catacoustic

Catacoustic
Catacoustic Cat`a*cous"tic, n. [Pref. cata + acoustics: cf. F. caraconstique.] (Physics) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See {Acoustics}. --Hutton.

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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