acoustics
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Acoustics is the science of sound, covering how sound is produced, transmitted, and perceived in different environments and materials. It matters because understanding acoustics helps us design better buildings, improve audio technology, and solve practical problems related to noise and sound quality in everyday life.
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- History
- Etymology
- Early research in acoustics
- Age of Enlightenment and onward
- Definition
- Fundamental concepts
- Wave propagation: pressure levels
- Wave propagation: frequency
- Transduction in acoustics
- Acoustician
- Education
- Subdisciplines
- Archaeoacoustics
- Aeroacoustics
- Acoustic signal processing
- Architectural acoustics
- Bioacoustics
- Electroacoustics
- Environmental noise and soundscapes
- Musical acoustics
- Psychoacoustics
- Speech
- Structural Vibration and Dynamics
- Ultrasonics
- Underwater acoustics
- Research
- Professional societies
- Academic journals
- Conferences
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Acoustics is a branch of continuum mechanics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer. The application of acoustics is present in almost all aspects of modern society with the most obvious being the audio and noise control industries.