音線
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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音 | 線 |
おん Grade: 1 | せん Grade: 2 |
goon |
Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 音 (on, “sound”) + 線 (sen, “line, ray”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) おんせん [óꜜǹsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
音線 (hiragana おんせん, rōmaji onsen)
- (acoustics, physics) a sound ray, an acoustic ray
Derived terms
- 音線音響学 (onsen onkyōgaku, “ray acoustics”)
- 音線図 (onsenzu, “sound ray diagram, acoustic ray tracing diagram”)
Further reading
- Japanese-English entry at Weblio
- Japanese-English entry at Eijiro
- Japanese-English entry in WWWJDIC