acoustic

adjective

ə-ˈkü-stik How to pronounce acoustic (audio)
variants or acoustical
Definition of acousticnext
as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing is a bird's acoustic organ similar to a human's?

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Recent Examples of acoustic Mazzoli, who fronts an electro-acoustic band in addition to her operatic career, selected the Saunders novel, turning the book into a close to three hour opera, with her longtime lyricist Royce Vavrek. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Then the scientists flip the shark onto its back and tag it with a black acoustic transmitter. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 Testing sensors on canisters During the INL demonstration, researchers installed optical fibers outside a mock nuclear fuel canister and tested several arrangements to measure acoustic vibrations. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 The band continued off and on over the following years, with Sara Surkamp joining on acoustic guitar and vocals in 2006. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acoustic
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auditory
Adjective
  • Loop has changed that with their highly functional earplugs that look more like jewelry than auditory safety measures.
    — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The technique is called closed-loop auditory stimulation, which is a jargony way of saying the device reads what your brain is doing and reacts in the moment.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of auditory

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