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Definition of Acoustic

1. Noun. A remedy for hearing loss or deafness.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the science of acoustics. "Acoustic properties of a hall"

Definition of Acoustic

1. a. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.

2. n. A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

Definition of Acoustic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. ¹

2. Adjective. (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acoustic

1. a hearing aid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Acoustic

1. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. 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. Origin: F. Acoustique, Gr. Relating to hearing, fr. To hear. A medicine or agent to assist hearing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acoustic

acotyledonous acotyledons acouasm acouchi acouchies acouchis acouchy acoumeter acoumeters acoumetries

acoumetry acount acousma acousmatamnesia acousmatic acoustic (current term) acoustic agraphia acoustic aphasia acoustic area acoustic buoy

acoustic cell acoustic coupler acoustic couplers acoustic crest acoustic delay line acoustic device acoustic emission acoustic emissions acoustic energy acoustic enhancement

Literary usage of Acoustic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"Methods of Study : Organic and acoustic The first business of phonetics is to describe ... The acoustic investigation of speech-sounds, on the other hand, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"THE acoustic VALUE OF THE AURICLE. In a case of traumatic defect of the auricle, in a man forty-six years old, BURKNER embraced the opportunity to test the ..."

3. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"The frequent infantine change of (s) into (t) is, on the other hand, purely organic, for the two sounds have no acoustic resemblance whatever; ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1863)
"It is well fitted for acoustic purposes, and appears quite unsuited for any other. ... The second acoustic vase that I shall mention came from the abbey of ..."

5. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"None of the research algorithms combining pneumatic otoscopy and tympanometry has been tested for usefulness in clinical practice. acoustic ..."

6. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"I could not make out that cirripedes perceived odours diffused in the water. acoustic Organs.—These are situated in the same position as in the ..."

7. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac, William Marchant, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1903)
"F.—acoustic Qualities of Halls. That branch of acoustic science which is least developed, notwithstanding the great interest which it presents, ..."

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