Acoustic

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• acoustick obsolete

Origin

French acoustique, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikos, "auditory").

Full definition of acoustic

Adjective

1. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
2. (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.

Derived terms

• acoustically

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.

Noun

1. (medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.