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Definition: Acoustical |
AcousticalAdjective1. Of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic properties of a hall". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ACID | English | Acoustical Imaging Development | Computing, European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: AcousticalSynonym: acoustic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acoustical |
| English words defined with "acoustical": damper ♦ naked ♦ unaided. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acoustical": ACOUSTICAL CARPENTER, acoustical oscillation, Acoustical Tile, acoustical vibration, acoustical well logging, acoustical-material worker, audio engineer, AUDIO OPERATOR, audio technician ♦ COATER OPERATOR, INSULATION BOARD, correction of an acoustical measurement system ♦ DRILL-PRESS OPERATOR, ACOUSTICAL TILE ♦ Expanded Polystyrene ♦ loud-speaker ♦ metal-tile lather ♦ PATTERNMAKER, ACOUSTICAL TILE, physical meteorology, Price Current Meter, pure sound ♦ reference equivalents of the national systems, refracting prism, Rigid Insulation Board ♦ simple tone, SOUND CONTROLLER, sound engineer, audio control, SUPERVISOR, ACOUSTICAL TILE CARPENTERS, SUPERVISOR, LATHING, surface of separation, Surfacing ACM ♦ TENONER OPERATOR, terminal coupling loss. (references) |
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Economic History | Argentina | The following products are anticipated to present good sales potential: advanced window systems, insulated and acoustical roofing systems, mortar-less interlocking finishing systems, high quality doors and windows, hi-tech home and building security systems, high quality roof, floor, and wall finishes, garden equipment, luxury bathroom and kitchen furniture and equipment, and sprinkling systems. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acoustical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acoustical" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "acoustical": acoustical oscillation ♦ acoustical protection ♦ acoustical vibration ♦ correction of an acoustical measurement system. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "acoustical": mini-acoustical, non-acoustical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "acoustical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слухов (auditory, aural, auricular), звуков (acoustic, phonic, sonic, sound), акустичен (acoustic, phonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 音" (Acoustic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | akustisk (acoustic, acoustic nerve, nervus acusticus, sonic), høre- (acoustic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | akoestisch (acoustic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | akustinen värähtely (acoustical oscillation, acoustical vibration, sound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acoustique (acoustic, acoustic nerve, acoustics, nervus acusticus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | akustisch (acoustic, acoustically, audible, sonic, unplugged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακουστικός (acoustic, audio, audio-, auditory, aural). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | akusztikus (acoustic), akusztikai (acoustic), hangzó (acoustic, sonant, soniferous, sonorous, sounding, vocal, vocalic), hangtani (acoustic, phonetic), hang- (acoustic, phonic, sonic, vocal), hallható (acoustic, audible), halló- (acoustic, auditory), hallási (auditive, auditory, aural, to refit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | akustik (acoustics), bersifat menyerap bunyi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acustico (acoustic, acoustic nerve, auditory, nervus acusticus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 音響設計 (acoustical design). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | お"きょうせっけい (acoustical design). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 청각 (Acoustic, Auditory, Aural, hearing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | accoustagh (acoustic), sheeanoil (acoustic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acousticalay acústico (acoustic, acoustic nerve, nervus acusticus). (various references) акустический (acoustic, aural, phonic, sonic). (various references) acústica (acoustic, acoustics, phonics). (various references) akustisk (acoustic, phonic, unplugged). (various references) слуховий (acoustic, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, otic), звуковий (acoustic, audio, phonic, sonic), акустичний (acoustic, aural, phonic, sonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "acoustical": acoustically. (additional references) | |
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"Acoustical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accoustical, acustical, Anouschka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acoustical" (pronounced ukuw"stikul) |
| 6 | -s t i k u l | ecclesiastical, egotistical, logistical, mystical, statistical, testicle. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, elliptical, fanatical, geopolitical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, mathematical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, problematical, sabbatical, tactical, theoretical, uncritical, vertical, viatical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-o-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: aciculas, acoustic. | |
-3 letters: accusal, acicula, alcaics, asocial, calicos, catalos, caustic, cicalas, citolas, clastic, cloacas, coastal, locusta, occults, oculist, outsail, sacculi, solatia, stoical, talcous. | |
-4 letters: accost, actual, alcaic, cacaos, cactus, calico, casita, casual, catalo, caulis, causal, cicala, citola, cloaca, clouts, coacts, coalas, coatis, coital, coitus, colics, costal, coulis, cultic, cutlas, lactic, locust, occult, oscula, scotia, social, stucco, ticals, toluic. | |
-5 letters: alias, alist, altos, ascot, atlas, aulic, autos, cacao, cacas, cacti, calos, cauls, cisco, clast, clits, clots, clout, coact, coala, coals, coast, coati, coats, cocas, coils, colas, colic, colts, costa, culti, cults, cutis, ictus, iotas, laics, litas, locus, lotas, lotic, lotus, louis, louts, octal, oculi, ostia, salic, sault, scout, scuta, stoai, stoic, sulci, tacos, tails, talas, talcs, talus, tical, toils, tolas, tolus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: sacculation. | |
+2 letters: acoustically, calculations, sacculations. | |
+3 letters: accumulations, claudications, fasciculation, lactobacillus. | |
+4 letters: acculturations, fasciculations, miscalculation, recalculations. | |
+5 letters: miscalculations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 6F 75 73 74 69 63 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. --- ..- ... - .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c o u s t i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 006F 0075 0073 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698187858675696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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