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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Having poor acoustic properties; not conducive to the projection of sound; tending to muffle or muddy sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Lacking sound or sonority; silent or muffled.
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adj
Having a frequency outside the range of audible sounds.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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adj
Not acoustic; electronically generated or amplified.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English unacoustic From un- + acoustic.
