'Sonometer' definitions:
Definition of 'sonometer'
(from WordNet)
noun
An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing [syn: audiometer, sonometer]
Definition of 'Sonometer'
From: GCIDE
- 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]