| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·cous·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -k  st k |
| ADJECTIVE: | also a·cous·ti·cal (-st-kl) 1. Of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound. 2a. Designed to carry sound or to aid in hearing. b. Designed to absorb or control sound: acoustic tile. 3. Music a. Of or being an instrument that does not produce or enhance sound electronically: an acoustic guitar; an acoustic bass. b. Being a performance that features such instruments: opened the show with an acoustic set. | | NOUN: | Music An acoustic instrument. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek akoustikos, pertaining to hearing, from akouein, to hear. See kous- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·cousti·cal·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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