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phonocamptic, a. Now rare.|fəʊnəʊˈkæmptɪk|
[f. phono- + Gr. καµπτ-ός, -ικ-ός, f. κάµπτειν to bend: see -ic. In F. phonocamptique (Littré).]
Having the property of reflecting sound, or producing an echo; relating to the reflexion of sound, cataphonic. Hence phonoˈcamptics, that part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; cataphonics, catacoustics.
1668Evelyn Let. to Dr. Beale 27 Aug., Besides what the Masters of the Catoptrics, Phonocamptics, Otacoustics, &c., have don. 1694R. Burthogge Ess. Reason, etc. 155 In the Phonocamptick Center. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex. 946/1 The phonocamptic centre is the situation where is placed the ear destined to receive reflected sounds. Ibid., Phonocamptica..a branch of Physics which treats of the phænomena of the reflection of sound: phonocamptics. |