acoustic
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- acoustick (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
French acoustique, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikos, “auditory”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
acoustic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
- (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
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Translations [edit]
pertaining to hearing or the science of sounds
producing or produced without electrical amplification
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Derived terms [edit]
- 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.
Noun [edit]
acoustic (plural acoustics)
