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      acoustic
      noun
      (usually in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
      (medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
      Clipping of acoustic guitar. [A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.]
      adjective
      Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.
      (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.
      (architecture, of building materials) Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.
      (of a device or system) Using sound energy in its operation.
      (weaponry, of an explosive mine or other weapon) Able to be set off by sound waves.
      (transferred sense, humorous or proscribed) Non-electric; mechanical or otherwise basic.
      Roots
      akouoacoust- · Greek · hear
      Synonyms for acoustic
      sonicadjphonicadjauraladjultrasonicadjauditoryadjaudion
      Words related to acoustic
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