auditive

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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

Be this last as it may, it is certain that the emotion connected with the word Beautiful can be evoked by that word alone, and without an accompanying act of visual or auditive perception.

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon

The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

An audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor

What we call the auditive organ is in the lower animals simply a sac containing auditive stones.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst