Acoustic

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Adjective

Acoustic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
2. (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.

Noun

Acoustic (plural Acoustics)

1. (medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.

Derived terms

• acoustically
• acoustics: the science of sound
• acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
• acoustic guitar
• acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships
• acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.

Thesaurus

audible; audile; audio; auditory; aural; auricular; hearing; hypersonic; otic; otological; otopathic; otoscopic; phonic; sonic; subsonic; supersonic; transonic; transsonic; ultrasonic