auditive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of auditive
1400–50; late Middle English auditif (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin audītīvus, equivalent to Latin audīt ( us ) past participle of audīre to hear + -īvus -ive
Vocabulary lists containing auditive
Example Sentences
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Productions of this kind, which he had the opportunity of observing only once, are sometimes united in masses, and completely close the auditive canal.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
In like manner, we may experience auditive sensations, such as blowing, rubbing and hissing sounds, due to muscular contraction or to the passage of blood in vessels close to the auditory organ.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
It is uncertain whether the semi-circular canals are auditive organs or not.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
The eye and the ear are not merely means of perception, for in that case there could be no visual and no auditive arts.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
According to Hensen, certain Crustacea on sloughing spontaneously introduce fine grains of sand as auditive stones into their otolith vesicle.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
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