Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAT-A-COUS'TICS
CAT'A-COMBCAT-A-DI-OP'TRIC, or CAT-A-DI-OP'TRIC-AL
CAT-A-COUS'TICS, n. [Gr. κατακουω, to hear.]
That part of acoustics or the doctrine of sounds, which treats of reflected sounds. But the distinction is deemed of little use. – Encyc.
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