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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.
Definition 2024
sonometer
sonometer
English
Noun
sonometer (plural sonometers)
- An audiometer.
Translations
audiometer — see audiometer