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Webster 1913 Edition


Sonometer

So-nom′e-ter

,
Noun.
[L.
sonus
a sound +
-meter
.]
1.
(Physiol.)
An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.
2.
An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sonometer

SONOM'ETER

,
Noun.
[L. sonus, sound, and fero, to measure.] An instrument for measuring sounds or the intervals of sounds.

Definition 2024


sonometer

sonometer

English

Noun

sonometer (plural sonometers)

  1. An audiometer.

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