Meanings
adjectivenonacoustical (not comparable)
- not comparableNot acoustical; nonacoustic.
attitudes and other nonacoustical factors may modify this effect
2012, Ravi Jain, Handbook of Environmental Engineering Assessment, page 6002 more examples
Vision exerts the most widely recognized nonacoustical influence on apparent sound position.
2012, William A. Yost, Richard R. Fay, Human Psychophysics, page 172Table 3.5 presents the summary of the nonacoustical parameters used for modelling the observed acoustic absorption coefficient behaviour.
2014, Mats Nilsson, Jörgen Bengtsson, Ronny Klaeboe, Environmental Methods for Transport Noise Reduction, page 73
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishacoustical
- Englishnonacoustical
From non- + acoustical.
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nonacoustical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacoustical
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