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
In 2004, Guinness World Records certified the anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories as the quietest place on Earth, with an ambient sound level of –9.4 decibels A-weighted.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Most people tolerate short periods of time in lightless anechoic chambers — about 20 minutes, for his experiments — “fine.”
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
I have found Cage’s story about the anechoic chamber fascinating ever since reading it as a teenager.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2018
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