Acoustic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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