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English
Etymology
From bin- + aural.
Pronunciation
Adjective
binaural (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears.
2011, anonymous author, “Gnaural : An opensource binaural-beat generator”, in Sourceforge.net, retrieved 2013-09-08:In 1839, German experimenter Heinrich Wilhelm Dove discovered that illusory "beats" are perceived when pure tones of slightly different frequency are separately and simultaneously presented to each ear. Dove's insight was to realize that since there is no acoustic mixing of the tones, the perceived beats must exist solely within the auditory system, specifically that part which processes binaural (e.g., "stereo") sound.
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Translations
of or designed for use with two ears
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.no.ʁal/, /bi.nɔ.ʁal/
Adjective
binaural (feminine binaurale, masculine plural binauraux, feminine plural binaurales)
- Synonym of biaural
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
binaural (strong nominative masculine singular binauraler, not comparable)
- binaural
Declension
Positive forms of binaural (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “binaural” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “binaural” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /binauˈɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bi‧nau‧ral
Adjective
binaural m or f (masculine and feminine plural binaurales)
- binaural