acoustic phenomenon

English Thesaurus

1. a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	physical phenomenon,
definition	:	a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	distortion,
definition	:	a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	acoustic projection, projection, sound projection,
definition	:	the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality (noun.phenomenon)