(a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
(n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
Example Sentences:
(1) The obtained results are used to study the relation between the acoustic characteristics of these vowels and the corresponding articulatory dimensions.
(2) "Acoustic" craters were produced by two laser pulses delivered into a saline-filled metal fiber cap, which was placed in a mechanically drilled crater.
(3) These later results suggest that dopamine agonists increase sensorimotor reactivity measured with acoustic startle by acting on sensory rather than motor parts of the reflex arc.
(4) We present numerical methods for studying the relationship between the shape of the vocal tract and its acoustic output.
(5) Our experience shows that the most accurate indications are provided by acoustic stapedius reflex, brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and vestibular investigation.
(6) The hypothesis that the standard acoustic startle habituation paradigm contains the elements of Pavlovian fear conditioning was tested.
(7) The angular distribution of the scattered acoustic field from an inosonifying source will directly relate to the distribution of surface fibrillatory changes.
(8) These echoes, however, are not associated with acoustic shadowing.
(9) The range of acoustic scatterer sizes, however, corresponds quite well to the dimension of observed and quantified histologic structures.
(10) In the series of 50 acoustic neurinomas (AN) the internal auditory canal (IAC) diameter and the diameter difference between the tumor and non-tumor side are compared with the sizes of the AN.
(11) More importantly, motor and cardiovascular responses to startle may be separated through discrimination of afferent stimuli suggesting either differences in neural pathways for acoustic and tactile stimuli or a differential dependency of the various responses on stimulus characteristics.
(12) The startle-elicited increase in blood pressure was significantly elevated in SHRs and at the same time the acoustic startle response was depressed as compared to WKY rats.
(13) During the period of the study, 163 patients with primary intracranial neoplasms were seen and thus acoustic schwannomas accounted for 3.7%.
(14) Length of testing time was significantly decreased with the use of acoustic stimulation.
(15) Glutamate-immunoreactive neurons were present throughout the acoustic thalamus, including the regions containing the retrogradely labeled neurons.
(16) Acoustic probe-based assays can enhance assay and laboratory efficiency through testing for multiple analytes in a single sample or increasing available binding surface area (by using probe and well surfaces simultaneously), and by eliminating quenching.
(17) A Rhesus monkey was trained to discriminate between 2 acoustic signals, preceded by visual cues, that instructed which of 2 movements to make.
(18) Observations were recorded by three distinctly different methods of measurement: the surgeon, the MD-2 Impedance Analyzer, and the Acoustic Otoscope immediately before and after induction of anesthesia.
(19) Although unilateral acoustic neuromas in children are rare, they do occur.
(20) The relationship between incident sound level and acoustic attenuation for four types of earplug and four types of earmuff have been investigated using freshly prepared and instrumented cadaver ears.
Amphitheater
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking to a packed amphitheater of developers here, Alphabet’s flagship company on Wednesday unveiled a hot-rodded personal assistant it says will let people control their homes, book movies, search the internet, ask follow-up questions about an Italian restaurant and sort through dog pictures using voice commands.
(2) The abdominal cavities of 50 patients were explored in a specially constructed intraoperative radiotherapy operating amphitheater at the Medical College of Ohio.
(3) Nine patients were operated in the COMROC IOEBRT operating amphitheater and five were found to have disease sufficiently limited to allow for IOEBRT.
(4) Charcot suggested the name "Parkinson's disease," although he could not resist the comment in his amphitheater lecture series at the Salpêtrière that French physicians (unnamed) had probably described the disorder before 1817.
(5) Camping is available seasonally at Ghost Ranch and year-round up the road at Echo Amphitheater.
(6) It's not much more than a grassy knoll amphitheater: you'll need to bring a blanket or a chair, and perhaps sneak in your own booze.
(7) One hundred fifty-one tumor fragments were collected in the neurosurgical operating amphitheater immediately after removal.
(8) At Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, park rangers last September confiscated an unmanned aircraft after it flew above 1,500 visitors seated in an amphitheater and then over the heads of the four presidents carved into the mountain.
(9) Check listings for details Zoo Amphitheater Photograph: Michael Durham It's an unlikely pick, but if planned properly, a concert on a lawn with Asian elephants at your back can be a magical evening out.
(10) The Microsurgical Laboratory of Paris Hospitals' Anatomy Amphitheater has been organizing an initiation into microsurgery since 1976 and the University Diploma of Microsurgical Techniques of Paris VI University since 1977.
(11) Twenty-five patients with a diagnosis of unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas were explored in the Clement O. Miniger (COMROC) IOEBT operating amphitheater at the Medical College of Ohio.
(12) A newly recognized confined space, the environment of the surgical amphitheater in which the surgical patient undergoes general anesthesia, has been added.