AUDILE
Au"dile, n. [L. audire to hear.] (Psychol.)
Defn: One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images.
AUDIOMETER
Au`di*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. audire to hear + -meter.] (Acous.)
Defn: An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
AUDIPHONE
Au"di*phone, n. Etym: [L. audire to hear + Gr.
Defn: An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.
AUDIT
Au"dit, n. Etym: [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See Audible, a.]
1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. Milton.
2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
Note: Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result.