A*cous"tic [F. acoustique, Gr. relating to hearing, fr. to hear.]

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.

Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- 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.

 

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A*cous"tic, n.

A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

 

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