单词 | pseudophone |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudophone pseudophone n. Brit. /ˈs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˌfəʊn/ , U.S. /ˈsudoʊˌfoʊn/ , /ˈsudəˌfoʊn/ Acoustics and Psychology an instrument for changing the direction from which a sound seems to come, used for investigating the localization of sound.ΚΠ 1879 Engineering 5 Sept. 194/1 A new instrument..to which he [sc. Dr. S. P. Thompson] has given the name ‘pseudophone’. 1979 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 92 551 Some of his [sc. Paul T. Young's] time was spent on auditory problems, leading to his invention of the ‘pseudophone’, a device for transposing the auditory stimuli between the ears. 1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 869/2 Initial studies on the ventriloquism aftereffect used either displacing prisms or a ‘pseudophone’ to shift the relative locations of visual and auditory stimuli. < as lemmas |
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