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anechoic

anec·hoic

UK/ˌæn.ɛˈkəʊ.ɪk/ US/ˌæn.ɛˈkoʊ.ɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent

  • “an anechoic chamber”

Origin

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”).

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