What is Acoustic?
{{wiktionary|acoustic}} [[File:Acoustic guitar.jpg|thumb|220px|right|An acoustic guitar]] '''Acoustic''' may mean: In '''science''': * [[Acoustics]], a branch of physics that studies sound ** [[Musical acoustics]], the branch of acoustics that studies the physics of music * [[Ear canal|Acoustic meatus]], another name for the ear canal In '''music''': * [[Acoustic music]], music that solely or primarily uses instruments that do not need [[electric]] [[amplify|amplification]] to make a sound * An '''instrument''' used in acoustic music (see link above), such as: ** [[Acoustic guitar]], as opposed to electric guitar ** [[Acoustic bass guitar]], as opposed to electric bass guitar * An '''album''': ** [[Acoustic (Deine Lakaien album)|''Acoustic'' (Deine Lakaien album)]], 1995 ** [[Acoustic (John Lennon album)|''Acoustic'' (John Lennon album)]], 2004 * A '''record label''': ** [[Acoustic Americana]] ** [[Acoustic Disc]] * [[Piano acoustics]] * [[Acoustic fingerprint]] '''Warfare''' * [[Acoustic torpedo]] * [[Acoustic signature]] '''Other''': * [[Acoustic Control Corporation]], a company which produced instrument amplifiers using ''Acoustic'' as a brand name * [[Acoustic thermometry]], observation of the oceans' climates using long-range acoustic instruments * [[Acoustic cryptanalysis]], in cryptography, a side channel attack which exploits sounds {{disambig}}