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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Of or relating to a vibratory sound stimulus applied to the abdomen of a pregnant woman to induce FHR accelerations, which reliably predict the absence of fetal metabolic acidemia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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History
Etymology tree English vibro- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English vibroacoustic From vibro- + acoustic.
