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underwater acoustics

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underwater acoustics [¦ən·dər¦wȯd·ər ə′küs·tiks]
(acoustics)
Study of the propagation of sound waves in water, especially in the oceans, and of phenomena produced by these sound waves. Also known as hydroacoustics.


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It describes how the development of underwater acoustics in Russia was influenced by WWI, WWII, and the Cold War, by government bureaucracy, by the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, and by the dedicated efforts of some of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
Peter Herstein, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, received a medal for his efforts that provided understanding of the physics of underwater acoustics.
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