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Definition of "auditory" []

  • Of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "auditory" in a sentence
  • "Koltanowski's prodigious chess memory - which he describes as auditory rather than photographic - has been a continuing source of wonder to scientists."
  • "In summer 1971, Kiang gave me intensive tutorials in auditory neurophysiology and an interesting project analyzing spike trains from the cochlear nucleus."
  • "And, of course, the biggest tip off that I am auditory is that I often talk to myself o_O"