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
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Example Sentences
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But besides the auditive function, Weber's ossicles may perfectly well discharge some other function.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
Hitherto we have considered only the audition of a single sound, but it is possible also to have simultaneous auditive sensations, as in musical harmony.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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
The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
In the belief that the entire labyrinth was an auditive organ, Helmholtz, contrary to the results of his own masterly analysis, originally sought to interpret another part of the labyrinth as the organ of noises.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
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