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acoustic

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a·cous·tic  (-kstk)
adj. also a·cous·ti·cal (-st-kl)
1. Of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound.
2.
a. Designed to carry sound or to aid in hearing.
b. Designed to absorb or control sound: acoustic tile.
3. Music
a. Of or being an instrument that does not produce or enhance sound electronically: an acoustic guitar; an acoustic bass.
b. Being a performance that features such instruments: opened the show with an acoustic set.
n. Music
An acoustic instrument.

[Greek akoustikos, pertaining to hearing, from akouein, to hear; see kous- in Indo-European roots.]

a·cousti·cal·ly adv.

acoustic
Adjective
1. of sound, hearing, or acoustics
2. (of a musical instrument) without electronic amplification
3. designed to absorb sound: acoustic tiles [Greek akouein to hear]
acoustically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.acousticacoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Adj.1.acoustic - of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic properties of a hall"
Translations
acoustic [əˈkuːstɪk] adjacústico

acoustic [əˈkuːstɪk] adjacoustique

acoustic [əˈkuːstɪk] adjakustisch

acoustic [əˈkuːstɪk] adjacustico/a see also acoustics

acoustic
adj acoustic [əˈkuːstik]
having to do with hearing or with sound This hall has acoustic problems. akoesties صَوْتِي، سَمَعِي акустичен akustický akustisk akustisch ακουστικός acústico akustiline شنوایی؛ صوتی akustinen acoustique אֲקוּסטִי ध्वनि संबंधी zvučni akusztikai akustik heyrnar-, hljómburðar- acustico 聴覚の, 音の 음향의 akustinis akustisks akustik akoestisch akustisk, lyd- akustyczny, dźwiękowy acústico acustic акустический akustický, sluchový akustičen akustički akustisk ซึ่งเกี่ยวข้องกับเสียง akustik, işitsel, işitmeye ait 聽覺的 акустичний, звуковий سمعی ، سننے سے متعلق thuộc âm thanh
aˈcoustics
1  noun plural the characteristics (eg of a room or hall) which make hearing in it good or bad.
2  noun singular the science of sound.


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If you stand in an acoustic shadow there is one direction from which you will hear nothing.
All the hurrahs, carried upward upon the sonorous waves of the immense acoustic tube, arrived with the sound of thunder at its mouth; and the multitude ranged round Stones Hill heartily united their shouts with those of the ten revelers hidden from view at the bottom of the gigantic Columbiad.
Mr Pancks here made a singular and startling noise, produced by a strong blowing effort in the region of the nose, unattended by any result but that acoustic one.
 
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