binaural

[ bahy-nawr-uhl, bin-awr-uhl ]

/ baɪˈnɔr əl, bɪnˈɔr əl /

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adjective

having two ears.

of, with, or for both ears: binaural hearing; a binaural stethoscope.

(of sound) recorded through two separate microphones and transmitted through two separate channels to produce a stereophonic effect.

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Origin of binaural

First recorded in 1875–80; bin- + aural¹

Words nearby binaural

binary system, binary weapon, binate, bination, binational, binaural, Binchois, Binchy, bind, B.Ind.Ed., binder

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How to use binaural in a sentence

One such concept, binaural beats, has been touted by some to be a bit of a magic cure for handling stress.
Do binaural beats benefit your brain?|Sara Kiley Watson|January 28, 2021|Popular-Science
It’s not that binaural beats don’t have any potential for teaching us how our brain works, he says, but we need a whole lot more research before scientifically claiming that they’re the next big solution to increasing focus and decreasing anxiety.
Do binaural beats benefit your brain?|Sara Kiley Watson|January 28, 2021|Popular-Science
So just like everything in the wellness industry, take binaural beats with a grain of salt.
Do binaural beats benefit your brain?|Sara Kiley Watson|January 28, 2021|Popular-Science
Again, it is generally asserted that binaural hearing is of great importance for the recognition of the direction of sound.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross

The binaural stethoscope was invented by Cammann in 1854, and a later improvement is the phonendoscope, by Bianchi.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn
In auscultating the heart I prefer the binaural stethoscope of the Ford pattern.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
This is the common form of a binaural resonating stethoscope.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8|Various
It was a binaural, ultra-fidelity job, and I could close my eyes and feel the orchestra in front of me.
Let'em Breathe Space|Lester del Rey

British Dictionary definitions for binaural

binaural

/ (baɪˈnɔːrəl, bɪn-) /

adjective

relating to, having, or hearing with both ears

employing two separate channels for recording or transmitting sound; so creating an impression of deptha binaural recording

Derived forms of binaural

binaurally, adverb

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