anechoic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of anechoic
Example Sentences
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The generous funding, moreover, allowed scientists and engineers to buy and build expensive equipment—for instance, anechoic chambers to create the world’s quietest rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
I called Dr. Oliver Mason, a researcher of psychotic disorders at the University of Surrey, who has led studies monitoring subjects’ experiences in anechoic chambers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
And: “In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Acoustician Jukka Pätynen stands in an anechoic space, designed so that no surface reflects sound.
From Nature ● Apr. 28, 2020
The anechoic chamber shows us what it would be like to live in a world that gives nothing back: a lonely world where sounds simply evaporate without returning.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2018
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