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ACOUSTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the science of acoustics

Example:

acoustic properties of a hall

Synonyms:

acoustic; acoustical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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)

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 Context examples: 

After administration in microsphere form, perflutren exhibits lower acoustic impedance than blood and improves ultrasound signaling.

(Perflutren, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called acoustic neurofibromatosis and neurofibromatosis type 2.

(NF2, NCI Dictionary)

Also called acoustic neurofibromatosis and NF2.

(Neurofibromatosis type 2, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by the development of peripheral and central nervous system tumors including acoustic schwannomas, neurofibromas, gliomas, and meningiomas.

(Neurofibromatosis type 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve - the nerve of hearing.

(Acoustic Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with any undesired acoustic energy or vibration that tends to interfere with the operation of the device.

(Ambient Noise in Medical Device Environment, Food and Drug Administration)

In the study, 13 participants 60 and older received one night of acoustic stimulation and one night of sham stimulation.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The results showed that learning to categorize the sounds had increased the brain's sensitivity to the acoustic features that distinguished one sound from another.

(How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images, National Science Foundation)

The idea would be to use acoustic enrichment just during the season when small fish arrive on reefs, not indefinitely.

(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)

Seals may be receiving acoustic cues on where breathing holes are located from other Weddells.

(Antarctic seals may use Earth's magnetic field to navigate while hunting, NSF)