anechoic

American  

[an-e-koh-ik] / ˌæn ɛˈkoʊ ɪk /

adjective

1. (of a recording chamber, television studio, or the like) characterized by an unusually low degree of reverberation; echo-free.

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anechoic British  

/ ˌænɪˈkəʊɪk /

adjective

1. having a low degree of reverberation of sound

   an anechoic recording studio

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Etymology

Origin of anechoic

First recorded in 1945–50; an- ¹ + echoic

Example Sentences

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

A binaural torso for spatial recording inside the anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories.

From New York Times

Becker and Marder met up in Paris before the shoot, where Becker took the director to an anechoic chamber so he could experience what remains in the absence of ambient sound.

From Washington Post

The room in this picture is an anechoic space: it’s designed so that no surface reflects sound.

From Nature

We used some of her tools, a small anechoic chamber and a sensor with an accelerometer, in the soil project.

From Nature