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phonometer

Meaning of "phonometer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONOMETER

fəˈnɒmɪtə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONOMETER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phonometer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHONOMETER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phonometer in the English dictionary

The definition of phonometer in the dictionary is an apparatus that measures the intensity of sound, esp one calibrated in phons.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHONOMETER

actinometer · chronometer · clinometer · cyanometer · declinometer · diaphanometer · galvanometer · hemoglobinometer · inclinometer · manometer · monometer · oenometer · pycnometer · pyknometer · pyranometer · salinometer · sonometer · sphygmomanometer · tonometer · volumenometer

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONOMETER

phonographist · phonography · phonolite · phonolitic · phonologic · phonological · phonologically · phonologies · phonologist · phonology · phonometric · phonometrical · phonon · phonophobia · phonophore · phonopore · phonoscope · phonotactic · phonotactics · phonotype

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONOMETER

accelerometer · barometer · centimeter · Demeter · diameter · diffractometer · meter · micrometer · millimeter · multimeter · odometer · parameter · perimeter · peter · potentiometer · spectrometer · spectrophotometer · speedometer · tachometer · thermometer · voltmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of phonometer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phonometer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONOMETER

Find out the translation of phonometer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of phonometer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phonometer» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

声响度计
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fonómetro
570 millions of speakers
en

English

phonometer
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

phonometer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقياس الصوت
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

фонометр
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

phonometer
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্বনিতরঙ্গের সংখ্যা বা শক্তি লিপিবদ্ধ করার যন্ত্রবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

phonomètre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Phonometer
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schallpegelmeßgerät
180 millions of speakers
ja

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phonometer
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

phonometer
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Phonometer
85 millions of speakers
vi

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phonometer
80 millions of speakers
ta

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phonometer
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ध्वनिमापक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fonometre
70 millions of speakers
it

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fonometro
65 millions of speakers
pl

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phonometer
50 millions of speakers
uk

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фонометр
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fonometru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phonometer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phonometer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phonometer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phonometer
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONOMETER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phonometer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONOMETER»

Discover the use of phonometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phonometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Treasure Train:
"A phonometer," he replied. "It was invented to measure the intensity of sound. But it is much more valuable as an instrument that tells with precisionfrom what directionasound comes. It needs only a small dry battery and can be carried around ...
Arthur B. Reeve, 2014
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Manual of Midwifery Procedures, 2nd edition
The phonometer and the tocotransducer are connected to the patient and she holds the fetal movement sensor in her hand so as to indicate movement when it occurs • Machine speed is set at 3 cm per minute. Action Explanation • Patient must ...
E. Williams, 1991
3
The Treasure-train: Pan-American Adventures of Craig Kennedy
So it is only necessary to twist the phonometer about on its pivot until the sound is received most loudly in the horns and the band of light is greatest. I know then that the horns are at right angles to the direction from which the sound proceeds,  ...
Arthur Benjamin Reeve, 1920
4
McGill University Publications: (Physics)
PHONOMETER READINGS. Remarks. 8.28 a.m. Left Bimouski wharf. Light fog over sea. Sea unruffled. Signal just audible. 8.29-8.59 a.m. Course to Father Point wharf. Signal heard over entire course. 8.56 a.m. Ship abeam Father Point wharf ...
McGill University, 1919
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Compact American Medical Dictionary: A Concise and ...
phonometer. 341 phleb-ec-ta-si-a (fleb'ek-ta'ze-a, -zhs) n. Dilation of the veins. phle-bec-to-my (fli-bek'ta-me) n. Surgical excision of a segment of a vein. phleb- em-phrax-is (fleb'em-frak'sis) n. Venous thrombosis. phle-bts-mus ifli-biz'mas) n.
‎1998
6
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: ...
order to obtain an idea of the extent to which the phonometer readings might be affected by variation of pitch, a series of resonance-curves, of the type shown in fig. (ii.), was obtained for a series of operating pressures from 11-7 to 30'5 lbs.
‎1919
7
On the propagation of sound in the free atmosphere and the ...
order to obtain an idea of the extent to which the phonometer readings might be afiected by variation of pitch, a series of resonance-curves, of the type shown in fig. (ii.), was obtained for a series of operating pressures from ll'7 to 30'5 lbs./sq. in ...
Louis Vessot King, 1919
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Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific ...
Phonometer. Prof! Lucae, Berlin. The phonometer, “ speech-measure,” is intended to determine accurately the intensity of speech, that is to say, the pressure of expiration employed in speaking. _ The apparatus consists of a short metal tube, ...
Anon, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR, 2011
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Illustrated Engineering Dictionary
... zugesprochenes Telegramm phonograph Plattenspieler phonometer Phonometer, Lautstarkemesser phosphate, to phosphaticren phosphate Phosphat, Salz der Phosphorsaure phosphoresce, to phosphoreszieren phosphorus Phosphor ...
Heinz K. Flack, Georg Möllerke, 1999
10
Design and materials. Sensory ...
A possible quantitative solution is to use a phonometer to numerically express what we normally experience as a sensation (auditory perception); a phonometer is a tool used to measure the pitch and intensity of sounds and provide objective  ...
Lerma, De Giorgi, Allione, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONOMETER»

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The Mirror by Richard Skinner, review
He turned his zealotry to musical theories such as his “phonometrics”: “With my phonometer in hand, I work with joy & with assurance. On the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»
REFERENCE
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