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sonometer
[ suh-nom-i-ter ]
Word History and Origins
Origin of sonometer1
Example Sentences
Sonometer, sō-nom′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring sounds or their intervals by means of a sounding-board with strings stretched above it, movable bridges, and weights for varying the tension.
Associated words: auditory, acoumeter, acoumetry, acoustic, audible, audibility, audiometer, deaf, deafness, microcoustic, microphonous, otacoustic, inaudible, inaudibility, clairaudient, clairaudience, audient, audiphone, sonometer, audile. hearsay, n. rumor, report, gossip, bruit, on dit. heart, n. cardia; conscience, character; essence, core, pith, kernel, marrow.
The external neutrality that we can now produce at will is absolute, as it crosses the line of two contrary polarities, being similar to the zero of my electric sonometer, whose zero is obtained by the crossing of two opposing electric forces.
The induction balance has been used as a "Sonometer" for measuring the sense of hearing, and also for telling base coins.
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