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acoustic approximation

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: acoustic approximation
 
(ə′küs·tik ə′präk·sə′mā·shən)

(fluid mechanics) The approximation that leads from the nonlinear hydrodynamic equations of a gas to the linear wave equation for sound wave propagation.


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