Dictionary Definition
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
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
- Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
Translations
pertaining to hearing or the science of sounds
- Dutch: akoestisch, akoestische
- Finnish: akustinen
- French: acoustique
- German: akustisch
- Italian: acustico
- Polish: akustyczny
- Portuguese: acústico
- Russian: акустический
- Spanish: acústico
- Swedish: akustisk
producing or produced without electrical
amplification
- Dutch: akoestisch, akoestische
- Finnish: akustinen
- French: acoustique
- German: akustisch
- Italian: acustico
- Polish: akustyczny
- Portuguese: acústico
- Russian: акустический
- Spanish: acústico
- Swedish: akustisk
- ttbc Croatian: akustičan
- ttbc Interlingua: acustic
- ttbc Japanese: アコースティック(akōsutikku) (2)
- ttbc Norwegian: akustisk
- ttbc Slovene: akustičen , akustična , akustično
Derived terms
- 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.
Extensive Definition
Acoustic may refer to:
In science:
- Acoustics, a
branch of physics that studies sound
- Musical acoustics, the branch of acoustics that studies the physics of music
- Acoustic meatus, another name for the ear canal
In music:
- Acoustic music, music that solely or primarily uses acoustic instruments
- An instrument used in acoustic music (see link above), such as:
- Acoustic guitar, as opposed to electric guitar
- Acoustic bass guitar, as opposed to electric bass guitar
- An album:
- A record label:
- Piano acoustics
- Acoustic fingerprint
Warfare
Other:
- Acoustic Control Corporation, a company which produced instrument amplifiers using Acoustic as a brand name
- Acoustic thermometry, observation of the oceans' climates using long-range acoustic instruments
- Acoustic cryptanalysis, in cryptography, a side channel attack which exploits sounds
acoustic in Indonesian: Akustik
acoustic in Thai: อคูสติก
(แก้ความกำกวม)