English Dictionary: auditor | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Additory \Ad"di*to*ry\, a. Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Adiathermic \Ad`i*a*ther"mic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] through + [?]heat.] Not pervious to heat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Audit \Au"dit\, n. [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. 3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. Yet I can make my audit up. --Shak. 4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.] It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. --Jer. Taylor. {Audit ale}, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. {Audit house}, {Audit room}, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business. | |
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Auditor \Au"di*tor\, n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See {Audible}, a.] 1. A hearer or listener. --Macaulay. 2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance. 3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court. Note: In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships. | |
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Auditorial \Au`di*to"ri*al\, a. Auditory. [R.] | |
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Auditorium \Au`di*to"ri*um\, n. [L. See {Auditory}, n.] The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience. Note: In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers. | |
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Auditorship \Au"di*tor*ship\, n. The office or function of auditor. | |
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Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, n. [L. auditorium.] 1. An assembly of hearers; an audience. 2. An auditorium. --Udall. | |
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Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, a. [L. auditorius.] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}. {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane. | |
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Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, a. [L. auditorius.] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}. {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane. | |
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Tentaculocyst \Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst\, n. [Tentaculum + cyst.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the auditory organs of certain medus[91]; -- called also {auditory tentacle}. | |
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Auditress \Au"di*tress\, n. A female hearer. --Milton. | |
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Autotransformer \Au`to*trans*form"er\, n. [Auto- + transformer.] (Elec.) A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a {compensator} or {balancing coil}. | |
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Autotrophic \Au`to*troph"ic\, a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism. | |
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Autotropism \Au*tot"ro*pism\, n. [Auto- + Gr. [?] to turn.] (Plant Physiol.) The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli. | |
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