Definitions for audiometerˌɔ diˈɒm ɪ tər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
au•di•om•e•terˌɔ diˈɒm ɪ tər(n.)
an instrument for gauging and recording acuity of hearing.
Category: Medicine
Origin of audiometer:
1875–80
Princeton's WordNet
audiometer, sonometer(noun)
an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
Wiktionary
audiometer(Noun)
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
Webster Dictionary
Audiometer(noun)
an instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Audiometer
An apparatus for obtaining a balance of induction from two coils acting upon a third. The third is placed between the other two and is free to move towards either. A scale is provided to show the extent of its movement. A varying or interrupted current being passed through the two outer coils, the preponderating current will produce the most induction if the central coil is equidistant. It can always be moved to such a point that there will be no inductive effect, one counteracting the other. Thus its position measures the relative induction. A telephone is in circuit with the intermediate coil and is used to determine when its position is such that no current is induced in it. It is sometimes used as a direct test of hearing. (See Hughes' Induction Balance.) Synonym--Acoutemeter.
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