auditive

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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

It is uncertain whether the semi-circular canals are auditive organs or not.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

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

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

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst