auditory
[aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee-]
- 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.
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- an assembly of hearers; audience.
- an auditorium, especially the nave of a church.
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Origin of auditory
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Examples from the Web for auditory
Contemporary Examples
The lawyer claims that Hernandez has suffered from visual as well as auditory hallucinations.
Historical Examples
Is there any use in inventing epigrams for such an auditory?
Of that I am as certain as one can be of an auditory impression.
The Shadow WorldHamlin Garland
Of these the "visual" and the "auditory" are most important.
The Story of the MindJames Mark Baldwin
We wish to extend our enquiries from the auditory to the optic nerve.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
Mr. Cooper said he could not control the feelings of the auditory.
A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry CooperWilliam Cooper
auditory
- of or relating to hearing, the sense of hearing, or the organs of hearing
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- an archaic word for audience, auditorium
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin audītōrius relating to hearing, from audīre to hear
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Word Origin and History for auditory
adj.
1570s, from Latin auditorius "pertaining to hearing," from auditor "hearer" (see auditor).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
auditory
(ô′dĭ-tôr′ē)- Of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing.
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auditory
[ô′dĭ-tôr′ē]
- Relating to or involving the organs or sense of hearing.
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