Define the word Acoustic"Acoustic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Acoustic \A*cous"tic\, n.
A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
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"Acoustic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Acoustic \A*cous"tic\ (#; 277), a. [F. acoustique, Gr. ?
relating to hearing, fr. ? to hear.]
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or
the science of sounds; auditory.
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Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of
the ear.
Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a
telephone.
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.
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"acoustic" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
acoustic
adj : of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic
properties of a hall" [syn: acoustical]
n : a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
"acoustic" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "acoustic":
audible, audile, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, hearing,
hypersonic, otic, otological, otopathic, otoscopic, phonic, sonic,
subsonic, supersonic, transonic, transsonic, ultrasonic
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