All 3 Uses of
acoustic
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Acoustics that is.†
Chpt 11acoustics = sound quality or its study
- Because the acoustics, the resonance changes according as the weight of the water is equal to the law of falling water.†
Chpt 11 *
- The difficulties of interpretation since the significance of any event followed its occurrence as variably as the acoustic report followed the electrical discharge and of counterestimating against an actual loss by failure to interpret the total sum of possible losses proceeding originally from a successful interpretation.†
Chpt 17 *acoustic = of a guitar or other musical instrument: not using electricity to amplify sound
Definitions:
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(1)
(acoustic as in: auditorium acoustics) sound quality or its study based on such things as the surfaces off of which sound bounces -- such as how well a voice on stage can be heard in the back of an auditorium, or how noisy a restaurant sounds
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(2)
(acoustic as in: acoustic guitar) of a guitar or other musical instrument: not using electricity to amplify sound