a. [f. L. soni-, combining form of sonus sound + -FEROUS.] Sound-bearing; conveying or producing sound.
1713. Derham, Phys.-Theol., IV. iii. 131. The æthereal part thereof, or Soniferous Particles of Bodies.
1855. Orr’s Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem., 177. The comparative soniferous properties of the gases.
