Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Neither having nor producing echoes.
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- adjective acoustics lacking
echos ; that absorbssound
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- adjective not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent
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Examples
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The Charlotte’s “dead room”—designed after a similar structure at Bell Laboratories—was what was formally known as an anechoic chamber.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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The so-called anechoic chamber, which measures nearly 36-feet long, is made of special material that absorbs electromagnetic waves.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Apple's website, the labs consist of 17 antenna characterisation, or "anechoic", chambers that are used to measure overall antenna performance.
ZDNet Australia 2010
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It's an amazing, slightly dizzying experience, and one that works on the mind in somewhat the same way as the anechoic chamber works with sound -- or the absence thereof.
Peter Clothier: Phenomenal Peter Clothier 2012
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It's an amazing, slightly dizzying experience, and one that works on the mind in somewhat the same way as the anechoic chamber works with sound -- or the absence thereof.
Peter Clothier: Phenomenal Peter Clothier 2012
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Stephen Voss for The Wall Street Journal Dr. Bassen inside the FDA's anechoic chamber, used to study if electronics interfere with medical devices.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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"Forty years after entering an anechoic chamber for the first time, I still remember my strange feelings of pressure, discomfort, and disorientation," said Barry Blesser, co-author of the book Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?
The disquieting sound of The Great White Silence Pascal Wyse 2010
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The Democratic Party exists in an anechoic chamber when compared to that.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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You'll even get a glimpse of Elias testing audio in our anechoic chamber!
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I also remember being in the anechoic chamber at Lincoln Lab getting a demo in adaptive noise suppression algorithm use, which cleaned something up with a really horrendous signal to noise ratio....
john commented on the word anechoic
“2.84 Describe the construction of an anechoic chamber.—Anechoic chambers are enclosures that are echo-free, withing a specified frequency range.”
Audio Cyclopedia by Howard M. Tremaine, Howard W. Sams & Co., 1969, pg. 66
February 4, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anechoic
JM gives a shout out to the Anechoic Club.
October 26, 2010