Meanings
- not comparableNot acoustic.
In addition, the score features common acoustic and nonacoustic Western instruments, including keyboards, synthesized drums and bass, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, and accordion.
2015, Elsie Walker, Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory, →ISBN2 more examples
For reducing tonal noise, e.g., generated by engines and propellers, the reference microphone can be replaced by a nonacoustic reference sensor, e.g., a tachometer or an optical or inductive sensor.
2002, Gillian M. Davis, Noise Reduction in Speech Applications, →ISBN, page 313Compared with vestibular schwannomas, eighth cranial nerve symptoms and signs are less frequent, and other cranial nerve and cerebellar symptoms and signs are more frequent in nonacoustic CPA tumours.
2016, Michael C. Joiner, Albert van der Kogel, Basic Clinical Radiobiology, →ISBN, page 4016
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Englishnonacoustic
Cite this entry
nonacoustic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacoustic
“nonacoustic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacoustic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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