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Acoustics

"Acoustics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acoustics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Acoustics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 39 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2012
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