MEANING
Having no echoes or perceptible reverberation, especially of a room designed to absorb reflected sound.
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An echo-free room makes even small sounds feel exposed.Make a room feel unnaturally still by removing the echoes that usually locate a sound.
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- anechoic chamber
- anechoic room
- anechoic environment
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In the anechoic chamber, she could hear her own breathing with startling clarity.
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A technical adjective; an anechoic chamber absorbs sound reflections, while ordinary rooms rarely achieve perfect acoustic silence.
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