auditive

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He is not "auditive"; like Loti and the Goncourts, he writes for the eye.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

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

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

Simply because our auditive perception has assumed the habit of saturating itself with visual images.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander

In like manner, we may experience auditive sensations, such as blowing, rubbing and hissing sounds, due to muscular contraction or to the passage of blood in vessels close to the auditory organ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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