psychoacousticaladj.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊəˈkuːstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊəˈkustək(ə)l/ = psychoacoustic adj.
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1953 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 66 262 This discovery has remained totally forgotten in the psychoacoustical literature.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. vii. 163 Several psycho-acoustical principles govern the subjective assimilation of quadraphony.
2001 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 5/7 Techniques used include what is termed ‘psycho-acoustical’ processing... A three-minute music CD track that would normally occupy 30 to 40 megabytes of disc space can be reduced to just three or four megabytes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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