photoacousticadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊəˈkuːstɪk/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊəˈkustɪk/ Physics.
= optoacoustic adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > optoacoustic
photoacoustic1970
optoacoustic1971
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > [adjective] > in relation to other fields
magneto-optical1848
electro-optical1850
magneto-optic1850
electro-optic1878
photodynamic1882
photophysical1889
photothermic1891
photodynamical1938
optoelectronic1955
photoacoustic1970
optoacoustic1971
1970 Soviet Physics: Semiconductors 3 1129/1 These experimental data do not demonstrate clearly the influence of lattice defects on the structure of the photoacoustic absorption spectra.
1981 Nature 9 July 180/3 The photoacoustic effect (prior to 1977 more commonly termed the optoacoustic effect) provides the basis for a calorimetric method of measuring the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by a sample under study.
2001 Nature 8 Feb. 671/1 Only one instrument, the photoacoustic spectrometer, directly measures the light absorption of particles suspended in the atmosphere, but it has not yet been widely used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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