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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Greek
Origin: akoustikos 'of hearing', from akouein 'to hear'

acoustic

 adjective
     
acoustic
a‧cous‧tic
1C relating to sound and the way people hear things
2APM an acoustic guitar or other musical instrument does not have its sound made louder electronically [↪ electric]
—acoustically adverb
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