binaural

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binaural

Rhymes with -ɔːɹəl

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From bin- + aural.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears. 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

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adj of or designed for use with two ears

Françaisbinaural
Deutschbinaural
Italianobinaurale

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@misc{binaural_2026,
  title = {binaural},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/binaural},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}