cruise sail | an ocean trip taken for pleasure |
acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness |
acoustic delay line sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
acoustic guitar | sound is not amplified by electrical means |
acoustic modem | a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again |
acoustic storage | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
balloon sail | any light loose sail |
electro-acoustic transducer | a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
fore-and-aft sail | any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
gaffsail gaff-headed sail | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff |
gramophone acoustic gramophone | an antique record player, the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically |
lateen lateen sail | a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean |
press of sail press of canvas | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sail | any structure that resembles a sail |
ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
square sail | a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast |
topgallant topgallant sail | a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
acoustic radiation pressure | (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave |
auditory meatus acoustic meatus ear canal auditory canal external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
acoustic nerve auditory nerve vestibulocochlear nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
acoustic buoy | a buoy that can be heard (at night) |
sound wave acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
acoustic phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |
acoustic resistance acoustic impedance acoustic reactance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface, acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component |
sound spectrum acoustic spectrum | the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source |
projection acoustic projection sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality, our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection, a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice |
auditory aphasia acoustic aphasia word deafness | an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss |
voyage sail navigate | travel on water propelled by wind or by other means, The QE will sail to Southampton tomorrow |
sail | traverse or travel on (a body of water), We sailed the Atlantic, He sailed the Pacific all alone |
sweep sail | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions, The diva swept into the room, Shreds of paper sailed through the air, The searchlights swept across the sky |
sail | travel on water propelled by wind, I love sailing, especially on the open sea, the ship sails on |
breeze through ace pass with flying colors sweep through sail through nail | succeed at easily, She sailed through her exams, You will pass with flying colors, She nailed her astrophysics course |
acoustic acoustical | of or relating to the science of acoustics, acoustic properties of a hall |