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anacoustic

anacoustic adjective: anechoic, soundless.

Adjective

anacoustic (comparative more anacoustic, superlative most anacoustic)

  1. anechoic, soundless
  2. Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of molecules is too small to support the propagation of sound

Forms of anacoustic

comparativemore anacoustic
superlativemost anacoustic

Origin of anacoustic

From an- + acoustic.

Questions about anacoustic

What does anacoustic mean?
Anacoustic means anechoic, soundless.
What part of speech is anacoustic?
Anacoustic is an adjective.

Words near anacoustic in the dictionary

  1. anacondae
  2. anacondas
  3. anacoracid
  4. anacoracids
  5. Anacortes
  6. anacoustic
  7. Anacreon
  8. anacreontic
  9. anacreontically
  10. anacreontics
  11. anacrises

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