ACOUSTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acoustic mean? 

• ACOUSTIC (noun)
  The noun ACOUSTIC has 1 sense:

1. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

  Familiarity information: ACOUSTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ACOUSTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ACOUSTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the science of acoustics

  Familiarity information: ACOUSTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACOUSTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A remedy for hearing loss or deafness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("acoustic" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Derivation:

acoustic (of or relating to the science of acoustics)

• ACOUSTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the science of acoustics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

acoustic; acoustical

Context example:

acoustic properties of a hall

Pertainym:

acoustics (the study of the physical properties of sound)

Derivation:

acoustic (a remedy for hearing loss or deafness)

acoustics (the study of the physical properties of sound)

 Context examples 

Causes are inner ear infections, head injuries, and neoplasms (e.g., acoustic schwannoma).

(Inner Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the internal auditory canal, often presenting as an acoustic tumor.

(Inner Ear Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Testing the device using a spectrometer or spectrograph for the dispersion of visible light (includes electromagnetic, electron, and acoustic spectroscopy).

(Device Spectroscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The cavity-like space in the lower portion of the concha that forms the vestibule, leading to the external acoustic meatus.

(Cavum Conchae, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein that drains the auricle and acoustic meatus of the external ear.

(Anterior Auricular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The three small bones in the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.

(Auditory Ossicle, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include lipoma and acoustic schwannoma.

(Inner Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The eighth cranial nerve composed of the acoustic nerve and the vestibular nerve.

(Murine Vestibulocochlear Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

Because the acoustic impedance of perflutren lipid microspheres is much lower than that of blood, impinging ultrasound waves are scattered and reflected at the microsphere-blood interface and may be visualized with ultrasound imaging.

(Perflutren Lipid Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)

The technique of measuring the effect of absorbed electromagnetic energy on solids, liquids and gases through detection of the acoustic waves released from the absorbing material.

(Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)