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acoustician

American  
[ak-oo-stish-uhn] / ˌæk ʊˈstɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. an acoustic engineer.


acoustician British  
/ ˌækʊˈstɪʃən /

noun

  1. an expert in acoustics

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Etymology

Origin of acoustician

First recorded in 1875–80; acoust(ics) + -ician

Example Sentences

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“Vertical migration is this rapid elevator or conveyor belt connecting the surface ocean to the deep sea,” says Kelly Benoit-Bird, a marine acoustician at MBARI.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

Dr Sophie Fielding, a fisheries acoustician, will be leading the science trials in the forthcoming voyage.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022

Architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, along with acoustician Cyril M. Harris, had lent the hall a leaner look with cleaner lines but zero soul.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

Lincoln Center announces plans to gut the hall, now called Avery Fisher Hall, and to completely rebuild it under the supervision of the acoustician Cyril M. Harris and the architect Philip Johnson.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The physicist, the acoustician and physiologist do not care about the criminalist's needs in this matter, and we ourselves rarely have time and opportunity to deal with it.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf