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acoustic
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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acoustic
a‧cous‧tic
/
əˈkuːstɪk
/
●
くろまる
○
しろまる
○
しろまる
adjective
1
Image of acoustic
C
relating to sound and the way people hear things
2
APM
an
acoustic
guitar
or other
musical
instrument
does not have its sound made
louder
electronically
→
electric
—
acoustically
/
-kli
/
adverb
Examples from the Corpus
acoustic
•
Possible
swap
for
interesting
electric
or
acoustic
.
•
It is known that there are few, if any,
reliable
acoustic
cues
to word
boundaries
.
•
The
noises
you heard - the
explosive
noises - were the
acoustic
effects of a second Darkfall
strike
.
•
Various
pieces of recording
equipment
are used to produce interesting
acoustic
effects.
•
Deaf
people get no
acoustic
feedback
when they talk, so their
speech
is often
impaired
.
•
The
insects
that
bats
prey
upon have a
comparable
battery
of
sophisticated
electronic
and
acoustic
gear
.
•
Budd, who has been
strumming
his
acoustic
guitar through the
Midwest
, writes
introspective
songs
with a
witty
,
sincere
touch
.
•
Unfortunately, the
beginnings
of
utterances
appear to be particularly unconstrained by either the
acoustic
material or the
linguistic
interpretation
.
•
It is this
industrial
market that
excites
potential
manufacturers
of
acoustic
microscopes
.
•
The
vibration
takes the form of an
acoustic
wave
travelling
down the
rod
.
Origin
acoustic
(
1700-1800
)
Greek
akoustikos
"
of hearing
"
, from
akouein
"
to hear
"
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