well… it’s been a disappointing week. on tuesday, a colleague dropped by and asked, since english is my first language, to explain the difference between “acoustic” and “acoustical”. i gave him the answer i thought was correct, but had doubts, and so we did some digging.<\/p>\n
it turns out that something that makes a sound or is a characteristic of the sound itself is “acoustic” – as in “acoustic guitar”, “acoustic impedance”, “acoustic load”, “acoustic energy”<\/p>\n
however, something that relates or pertains to acoustics, then you use “acoustical” – for example “acoustical engineer”, “acoustical society”, “acoustical measurement”<\/p>\n
of course, given some thought, this makes sense. it’s an “electrical engineer” not an “electric engineer” – since it doesn’t require batteries.<\/p>\n
seems i’ve been mis-using the terms for a while. sigh…<\/p>\n
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