acoustic

4 definitions found

acoustic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acoustic \A*cous"tic\, n.
     A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
     [1913 Webster]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

acoustic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acoustic
      adj 1: of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic
             properties of a hall" [syn: acoustic, acoustical]
      n 1: a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

acoustic - 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