MEANING
1. Relating to sound, its transmission, or its properties.
2. Using naturally produced musical sound rather than electrically amplified instrumentation.
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- acoustic signal
- acoustic sensor
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An acoustic signal crossed the water.
The acoustic sensor detected a distant impact.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a technical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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