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Definition of Sonometer

1. Noun. An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing.

Definition of Sonometer

1. n. 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.

Definition of Sonometer

1. Noun. An audiometer. ¹

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Medical Definition of Sonometer

1. 1. 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. Origin: L. Sonus a sound. (04 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sonometer

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1. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"For studying the phenomena of vibrating strings the sonometer is often used. ... Commonly there are two strings: one permanently attached to the sonometer, ..."

2. Sound: A Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1879)
"Lay off these lengths on the sonometer, always measuring from the left-hand bridge toward the right, and draw lines across the top of the sonometer through ..."

3. Physical Laboratory Manual, for Secondary Schools by Charles Francis Adams (1909)
"2 is found by proportion according to the law of Exercise 35, as follows: Vl : V% THE TENSION BALANCE FOR THE sonometer The tension balance (Fig. ..."

4. An Intermediate Course of Practical Physics by Arthur Schuster, Charles Herbert Lees (1896)
"SECTION XXXI The sonometer Apparatus required.—sonometer, C and D tuning ... of the string Two wires are stretched on the sonometer board provided (Fig. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1882)
"AN IMPROVED sonometer. By W. LECONTE STEVENS, of New York, NY [ABSTRACT.] TOE following are the principal features: I. The resonance-box is an open organ ..."

6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1882)
"AN IMPROVED sonometer. By W. LECONTE STEVENS, of New York, NY [ABSTRACT.] THE following are the principal features : I. The resonance-box is an open organ ..."

7. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee, Charles Lightfoot Barnes (1897)
"... III THE sonometer THIS is one of the most useful and valuable instruments in Acoustics ; it consists (see Fig. 5) of a wooden box rather more than a ..."

8. A Laboratory Manual of Physics and Applied Electricity by Edward Leamington Nichols (1894)
"... (W3) Resonance of columns of air with determination of the velocity of sound; (W4) Velocity of sound in brass; (W5) The sonometer; (W6) Study of the ..."

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