auditory

[ aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee- ]

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adjective

Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
perceived through or resulting from the sense of hearing: auditory hallucinations.

noun,plural au·di·to·ries.Archaic.

an assembly of hearers; audience.
an auditorium, especially the nave of a church.

Origin of auditory

1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin audītōrius relating to hearing. See auditor, -tory¹

Other words from auditory

au·di·to·ri·ly, au·di·to·ri·al·ly, adverb
post·au·di·to·ry, adjective
pre·au·di·to·ry, adjective

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How to use auditory in a sentence

Stafstrom and colleagues inserted microelectrodes into the brains of 13 ogre-faced spiders, and then played tones of varying frequencies from a speaker while monitoring the spiders’ auditory nerve cell activity.
Ogre-faced spiders catch insects out of the air using sound instead of sight | Curtis Segarra | October 29, 2020 | Science News
It also matched up to earlier results from a number of researchers that suggested the non-primary auditory cortex has distinct regions for processing music and speech.
Deep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains | Anil Ananthaswamy | October 28, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
It turns out that people who are deaf can understand what is happening in the auditory world by getting the information just through the patterns of vibration on their skin.
Your Brain Makes You a Different Person Every Day - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain | Steve Paulson | October 14, 2020 | Nautilus
Tonal frequencies line up in the auditory cortex, similar to the keys of a piano.
Our Mind-Boggling Sense of Smell - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain | Ann-Sophie Barwich | October 14, 2020 | Nautilus
Twitter’s new auditory feature ergo, Voice Tweets are an exciting opportunity for businesses to enhance their brand touchpoints with platform users by leveraging the power of the human voice.
Top five tips to use Twitter’s new Voice Tweets feature | David Ciccarelli | August 25, 2020 | Search Engine Watch

British Dictionary definitions for auditory

auditory

/ (ˈɔːdɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjectiveAlso: auditive (ˈɔːdɪtɪv)

of or relating to hearing, the sense of hearing, or the organs of hearing

noun

an archaic word for audience, auditorium

Origin of auditory

C14: from Latin audītōrius relating to hearing, from audīre to hear

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Scientific definitions for auditory

auditory

[ ô′dĭ-tôr′ē ]

Relating to or involving the organs or sense of hearing.

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