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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a process using rapid, repetitive, high-amplitude acoustic waves to achieve separation of a pressurized gas mixture.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to thermoacoustics

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    Sustainable Design Update 2010

  • A few weeks ago I reported here on a thermoacoustic stove that also provides cooling and electric power.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Thermoacoustic Energy 2007

  • Prof. Orest Symko uses the thermoacoustic effect to create pressure waves in a tube that vibrates a piezoelectric material that converts the sound energy directly into electricity.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Thermoacoustic Energy 2007

  • The speakers work by a thermoacoustic effect: They vibrate and make noise when heated by an electrical current.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • Now, the Denver-based company Swift LNG aims to turn that gas into a usable liquid fuel with a thermoacoustic natural gas liquefaction technology just licensed from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    Speedlinking 3/7/07 William Harryman 2007

  • The company is supporting research into thermoacoustic refrigeration to minimize the potential negative environmental impact from using ozone-depleting refrigerants.

    Ben & Jerry's vs Häagen-Dazs Kerron Cross 2006

  • The traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator has the potential to power space probes to the furthest reaches of the Universe.

    NASA Watch: Exploration: September 2004 Archives 2004

  • The traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator has the potential to power space probes to the furthest reaches of the Universe.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: September 2004 Archives 2004

  • "The research results provide useful insights into the optimization of nanotube sheets as thermoacoustic projectors for loud speaker and sonar applications, where sound is produced by heating using an alternating electrical current," he said.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • "The research results provide useful insights into the optimization of nanotube sheets as thermoacoustic projectors for loud speaker and sonar applications, where sound is produced by heating using an alternating electrical current."

    FOXNews.com 2011

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