Meanings
noundiacoustics (uncountable)
- archaicuncountableThe science concerned with the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; diaphonics.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Englishdia-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Englishacoustics
- Englishdiacoustics
From dia- + acoustics. Compare French diacoustique.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
diacoustics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacoustics
MLA
“diacoustics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacoustics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diacoustics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacoustics.
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