acoustic.
1 A term sometimes applied to instruments relying on an air-filled resonator or soundbox to transmit their sound, to distinguish them from those that are amplified electronically, for example the acoustic guitar as opposed to the electric guitar; many instruments have an electronic form as well as an acoustic one....2 Related to the sense of hearing or the science of sound.3 A term used to describe the sound quality of a room or building.... ...
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