"anechoic" meaning in English

See anechoic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌæn.ɛˈkəʊ.ɪk/ [UK], /ˌæn.ɛˈkoʊ.ɪk/ [General-American] Forms: more anechoic [comparative], most anechoic [superlative]
enPR: ănˌ-ĕ-kōˈ-ĭk Rhymes: -əʊɪk, -oʊɪk Etymology: From an- + echoic, from echo + -ic, from Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|an|echoic}} an- + echoic, {{suffix|en|echo|ic}} echo + -ic, {{der|en|enm|ecco}} Middle English ecco, {{der|en|ML.|ecco}} Medieval Latin ecco, {{der|en|la|echo}} Latin echo, {{der|en|grc|ἠχώ}} Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ) Head templates: {{en-adj}} anechoic (comparative more anechoic, superlative most anechoic)
  1. (acoustics) Lacking echoes; particularly, designed to absorb sound. Categories (topical): Acoustics Synonyms: dead, echoless, soundproof Derived forms: anechoically, semianechoic Related terms: echo, echoic Translations (lacking echoes): anekoek (Breton), enep-heklev (Breton), galmvrij (Dutch), echovrij (Dutch), anechoïsch (Dutch), kaiuton (Finnish), anéchoïque (French), anéchoïde (French), echofrei (German), schalltot (German), ανηχοϊκός (anichoïkós) (Greek), anecoico (Italian), anecoic (Occitan), bezechowy (Polish), bezodbiciowy (Polish), anecoico (Portuguese), безэховый (bezɛxovyj) (Russian), anecoico (Spanish)
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      "english": "transmitting echoes",
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        "(acoustics) Lacking echoes; particularly, designed to absorb sound."
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