echometry
Meanings
noun
- acoustics;
- The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
- A hypothetical science of echos.
- The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes.
- The use of reflected sound waves to measure the shape or movement of objects.
- The use of ultrasound echos to make biometric measurements (as opposed to making images, which is called medical ultrasound).
Word forms
Etymology
From echo + -metry, compare French échométrie.
Derived words
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