音線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

• (Tokyo) お​んせん [óꜜǹsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

音(おん)線(せん) • (onsen) 

1. (acoustics, physics) a sound ray, an acoustic ray

Derived terms

• 音線音響学(おんせんおんきょうがく) (onsen onkyōgaku, “ray acoustics”)
• 音線図(おんせんず) (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