audiomotor

A1U1D2I1O1M3O1T1O1R1

adjective

Related to both the perception of sound and the production of movement.

OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveaudiomotor (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelated to both the perception of sound and the production of movement.

    Nevertheless, our data indicate that azimuth – which the second hidden layer (hereafter, audiomotor layer) needs to extract – is coded by two different mechanisms which are both essential.

    2002, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    The rostral pole nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICrp) is important for audiomotor interaction on the basis of anatomical connections with various nuclei of the ascending auditory system and premotor structures.

    2004, Jeanette A. Thomas, Cynthia F. Moss, Marianne Vater, Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins, →ISBN, page 16

    According to news reporting originating in Champaign, Illinois, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Audiomotor integration is a basic form of sensorimotor control for regulating vocal pitch and vocal loudness, but its contribution to general motor control has only been studied minimally. In this paper, auditory feedbacck for prolonged force control was investigated by comparing manual and oral force generation and testing short-term audiomotor memory for these effectors."

    2013, Issues in Development and Developmental Disorders, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinmōtor
  11. Middle Englishmotour
  12. Englishmotor
  13. Englishaudiomotor

From audio- + motor.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Spanish audiomotor
  • audiomotorrelating to the perception of sound and production of movement
Cite this entry
APA

audiomotor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiomotor

MLA

“audiomotor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiomotor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audiomotor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiomotor.

Source: audiomotor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.