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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing;
[syn: audiometer, sonometer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sonometer \So*nom"e*ter\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument for testing the hearing capacity. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sonometer n 1: an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing [syn: audiometer, sonometer]