"anechoic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /æn.ɛ.ˈ kəʊ.ɪk/ [UK], /æn.ɛ.ˈ koʊ.ɪk/ [General-American] Forms: more anechoic [comparative], most anechoic [superlative]
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, {{m|enm|ekko}} ekko, {{der|en|ML.|ecco}} Medieval Latin ecco, {{der|en|la|echo}} Latin echo, {{der|en|grc|ἠχώ}} Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), {{m|grc|ἠχή||sound}} ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} anechoic (comparative more anechoic, superlative most anechoic)
  1. (acoustics) Lacking echoes; that absorbs sound. Categories (topical): Acoustics Synonyms: echoless Derived forms: anechoically, semianechoic Related terms: echo, echoic Translations (lacking echoes): anekoek (Breton), enep-heklev (Breton), galmvrij (Dutch), echovrij (Dutch), anechoïsch (Dutch), kaiuton (Finnish), echofrei (German), schalltot (German), ανηχοϊκός (anichoïkós) (Greek), anecoico (Italian), 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; that absorbs sound."
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          "code": "br",
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
          "word": "echofrei"
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
          "word": "schalltot"
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
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          "sense": "lacking echoes",
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
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      "code": "br",
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      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "anekoek"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "enep-heklev"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "galmvrij"
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      "sense": "lacking echoes",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "anechoïsch"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "kaiuton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "echofrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "schalltot"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anichoïkós",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "ανηχοϊκός"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "anecoico"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "bezechowy"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "anecoico"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "безэховый"
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      "sense": "lacking echoes",
      "word": "anecoico"
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  "word": "anechoic"
}

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