The science and technology of acoustics embrace an unusually wide range of disciplines, from concert halls to aircraft noise reduction to ultrasonics in medicine, and from psychoacoustics to signal processing. To understand the literature and communicate effectively on the subject one must gain mastery of a specialized vocabulary so broad as to nearly form a language of its own. Here at last, in one comprehensive reference, is the dictionary of that language. The Dictionary of Acoustics is an exhaustive compilation of authoritative definitions of terms covering most of the relevant fields that the practicing acoustician needs to understand. The author brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field to this book, gained throughout his long career at Southampton University's multidisciplinary Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, and has drawn on the expertise of top specialists in the various disciplines that make up this field as well. The Dictionary of Acoustics is an invaluable quick reference for students, researchers, engineers and physicists in industry and academia who deal with acoustics.

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Bibliographic Information
Hardbound, 430 pages, publication date: SEP-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-506940-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-506940-5
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS