Search Result for "acoustic": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the science of acoustics;
- Example: "acoustic properties of a hall"
[syn: acoustic, acoustical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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