auditive

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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

But besides the auditive function, Weber's ossicles may perfectly well discharge some other function.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

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

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

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