Sample Sentences for
acoustic
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acoustic as in:  auditorium acoustics

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    Some say the concert hall has some of the best acoustics in the world.
    acoustics = sound quality based on such things as the surfaces off of which sound bounces
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    She is analyzing the acoustic properties of the auditorium.
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    The acoustics permit everyone in the auditorium to hear someone speaking in a normal voice at the podium.
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    The tone on this one is wonderful, and this room has great acoustics.  (source)
    acoustics = sound quality based on such things as the surfaces off of which sound bounces
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    Women enter through a side street and are "acoustically and visually separated" from the men at all times within the building.  (source)
    acoustically = in relation to sound
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    A fan turned almost imperceptibly against the stained acoustic tiles on the ceiling.†  (source)
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    It would take me six days to get home, six undays of staring at acoustic ceiling tile and watching television and sleeping and pain and wishing for time to pass.  (source)
    acoustic ceiling = a ceiling designed to decrease noise
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    But although the acoustics in the Assembly Hall were poor, those outside the room were admirable.  (source)
    acoustics = sound quality
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    A historic venue with fine acoustics—which also happens to be in the 8th…  (source)
    acoustics = sound quality based on such things as the surfaces off of which sound bounces
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    While the room was very old, the acoustics were perfect, and there was a balance and precision to the space that seemed almost magical.  (source)
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    It was at a hall in town, a place that usually showcased local bands, so the acoustics were terrible for unamplified classical.  (source)
    acoustics = sound quality (resulting from such things as the surfaces off of which sound bounces)
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    I sang directly into the mouth of the myrmekes' tunnel, trusting the acoustics to carry my message.†  (source)
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    Two acoustics idiots made the mistake of attacking and insulting the major in front of half his men.†  (source)
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acoustic as in:  acoustic guitar

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She plays an acoustic guitar.
acoustic = not using electricity to amplify sound
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    Damien White, son of Nemesis, lived up to his namesake by wreaking vengeance on an acoustic guitar.  (source)
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    We saw this guy doing an acoustic set here one night, and it was surprisingly good.  (source)
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    Outside the Papal Palace, she spoke nearly without pause, the names of all the saints and popes and cardinals spilling from her as we strolled through the cathedral square amid the flocks of doves, the tourists, the African merchants in bright tunics selling bracelets and imitation watches, the young, bespectacled musician, sitting on an apple crate, playing "Bohemian Rhapsody"— on his acoustic guitar.  (source)
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    Acoustic guitar.  (source)
    Acoustic = not using electricity to amplify sound
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    The caterpillar acoustical signature is unique, Comrade.†  (source)
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    They lay still, hoping not to be discovered, but it was quiet, so quiet they imagined they must be in the countryside—for they had no experience of acoustically insulating glazing—and everyone in the hotel must be asleep.†  (source)
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    He was riffing about on his acoustic guitar.  (source)
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    Stilgar took her arm, led her back into the acoustical horn that formed the rear limits of the ledge.†  (source)
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    Every tin can, every dustbin, every window, every car, every wineglass, every sheet of rusty metal became activated as an acoustically perfect sounding board.†  (source)
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    Yousef honked, and a man of about twenty-five bounded down the steps carrying an acoustic guitar case.  (source)
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    We sat down on the couch, sipping wine while listening to acoustical jazz.†  (source)
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    The actual range finding was done acoustically and often provided faulty readings.†  (source)
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    There were a host of religious opportunities at Danbury: a Friday Mass for Catholics, and sometimes a Sunday Mass as well (usually delivered by the "hot priest," a young padre who played guitar and spoke Italian and was thus adored by all the Italian-Americans); a Spanish Christian service on the weekends; a Buddhist meditation group and also rabbinical visits on Wednesdays; and a wacky weekly nondenominational be-in led by volunteers armed with acoustic guitars and scented candles.  (source)
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