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  • noun The science and technology of sound.

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Examples

  • If the value of keeping the sonics is greater than the cost, then you can pay that cost.

    Sound Politics: Whither KeyArena? 2006

  • Having encountered two variants of American English between the ages of six and twelve Black English Vernacular -- I will kick your rear end if you call BEV by a name that rhymes with "sonics" -- and a nonblack version of Southern American English, I recognized that Zipf's law considerably simplified the task of acquiring new vocabulary.

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • Having encountered two variants of American English between the ages of six and twelve Black English Vernacular -- I will kick your rear end if you call BEV by a name that rhymes with "sonics" -- and a nonblack version of Southern American English, I recognized that Zipf's law considerably simplified the task of acquiring new vocabulary.

    Folkspraak and Interlingua 2006

  • They'd have seen a stolen car, and they'd have bathed it in sonics, which is just what they must be doing now. "

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • They'd have seen a stolen car, and they'd have bathed it in sonics, which is just what they must be doing now. "

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • On "Weirdo Rippers" and 2008's somewhat more melodic and speedy "Nouns," sonics always come first for No Age, with specifics varying from track to track.

    No Age Shrieks And Soothes On 'Everything In Between' 2010

  • On "Weirdo Rippers" and 2008's somewhat more melodic and speedy "Nouns," sonics always come first for No Age, with specifics varying from track to track.

    No Age Shrieks And Soothes On 'Everything In Between' 2010

  • On "Weirdo Rippers" and 2008's somewhat more melodic and speedy "Nouns," sonics always come first for No Age, with specifics varying from track to track.

    No Age Shrieks And Soothes On 'Everything In Between' 2010

  • On "Weirdo Rippers" and 2008's somewhat more melodic and speedy "Nouns," sonics always come first for No Age, with specifics varying from track to track.

    No Age Shrieks And Soothes On 'Everything In Between' 2010

  • On "Weirdo Rippers" and 2008's somewhat more melodic and speedy "Nouns," sonics always come first for No Age, with specifics varying from track to track.

    No Age Shrieks And Soothes On 'Everything In Between' 2010

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