anechoic
adjUK /ˌæn.ɛˈkəʊ.ɪk/ · US /ˌæn.ɛˈkoʊ.ɪk/
Etymology From an- + echoic, from echo + -ic, from Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
1
Lacking echoes; particularly, designed to absorb sound.
- The bassoonist settled into the anechoic chamber and prepared for another grueling recording session.
- Synonyms
- dead, echoless, soundproof
- Antonyms
- echoic, noisy, reflective, reverberant
- Derived terms
- anechoically, semianechoic