aud & ausThese ROOT-WORDS are AUD & AUS (which comes from the Latin audire) meaning HEAR & LISTEN. All the words with AUD are simple words which you have heard many times. The three words with AIS, Nos. 18-20, are probably new. Besides, they have a special significance. The listening in those words is to sounds within the body, very small sounds. In AUDible except with an AUScultoscope. 1. Audible : AUD ible (and’ i b’) adj. Can be heard 2. Auditor : AUD itor (aud’ i er) n. One, who listens, hears 3. Audience : AND ience (aud’ ee ens) n. An assembly of listeners 4. Audit : AUD it (aud’ it) n. A formal examination of accounts made by an accountant 5. Audition : AUD ition (au dish’ un) n. A hearing; as, the singer was given an audition 6. Auditorium : AUD itorium (aud i tore’ ee um) n. A part of a building used for audience assembly 7. Audio : AUD io (aud’ ee o) adj. Relating to sound by electric currents is the air 8. Audiogram : AUD iogram (au’ di o gram) n. A graph that shows the relation of audibility to frequency 9. Audiometer : AUD iometer (aud ee om’ et er) n. An instrument by which hearing can be measured 10. Audiphones : AUD iphone (au’ di fone) n. A plate which carries sound vibrations; a hearing-aid 11. Auditory : AUD itory (aud’ i tore ee) adj. Relating to hearing; as auditory nerves 12. Audile : AUD ile (au’ dile) adj. Having mental images that are auditory 13. Audi vision : AUD ivision (au’ di vizh un) n. Sound accompanying pictures 14. Audivise : AUD ivies (au’ di vize) v. To receive or transmit, by Audi vision 15. Audient : AUD ient (au’ di ent) adj. Listening; paying attention 16. Inaudible : in AUD ible (in aud’ i b’l) ajd. Cannot be heard 17. Audibility : AUD ibility (aud i bil’ it ee) n. Intensity of a received signal 18. Auscultate : AUS cultate (aw’ skul tate) v. To listen to sounds within such cavities of the body as the chest and abdomen 19. Auscultation : AUS cultation (aw skul tay’ shun) n. The act of listening to sounds within the body 20. Auscultator : AUS cultator (aw’ skul tay tor) n. A practitioner of auscultation | ||||||||
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