Nonacoustic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not acoustic. not-comparable

    "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."

Example

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."

Etymology

From non- + acoustic.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.