acoustic resistance

noun

: the real component of acoustic impedance measured in acoustic ohms and involving dissipation of energy through internal friction of a medium transmitting sound and differing one-quarter cycle in phase from acoustic reactance : the analogue of resistance in alternating-current circuits

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