acoustooptics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti

Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō

Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor.

Medieval Latin acousticusbor.

English acoustic

English acousto-

English optics

English acoustooptics

From acousto- + optics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌkuːstəʊˈɒptɪks/

Noun

acoustooptics (uncountable)

1. (optics) The science that studies the diffraction of light by ultrasonic sound.

Translations

the science that studies the diffraction of light by ultrasonic sound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲光學 / 声光学 (shēngguāngxué)

• Finnish: akusto-optiikka
• French: acousto-optique f
• Polish: akustooptyka f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• acoustooptics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• optoacoustics