audiometer, sonometer
(noun) an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sonometer (plural sonometers)
An audiometer (device for gauging the hearing).
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.
• monoester
Source: Wiktionary
So*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. sonus a sound + -meter.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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