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AUDIOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does audiometer mean?
• AUDIOMETER (noun)
The noun AUDIOMETER has 1 sense:
1. an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
Familiarity information: AUDIOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
audiometer; sonometer
Hypernyms ("audiometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Context examples
Testing conducted utilizing a manual or microprocessor audiometer to test for hearing loss.
(Audiometric Test, NCI Thesaurus)
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