Definition of Monaural

1. Adjective. Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear. "Monaural deafness"


Definition of Monaural

1. Adjective. of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with one ear <''monaural'' deafness> ¹

2. Adjective. monophonic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monaural

1. pertaining to sound transmission, recording, or reproduction involving a single transmission path [adj]

Medical Definition of Monaural

1. Pertaining to one ear. Origin: mono-+ L. Auris, ear (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monaural

monastic order
monastical
monastically
monasticism
monasticisms
monastick
monasticon
monasticons
monastics
monastrol
monathetosis
monatize
monatomic
monaul
monauls
monaural (current term)
monaurally
monaxial
monaxon
monaxonic
monaxonid
monaxons
monazite
monazites
moncheite
mondain
mondaine
mondaines
mondains
monde

Literary usage of Monaural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"At the olivary level, responses are abolished to left monaural ... During cooling, olivary response to right monaural stimulation are not affected. ..."

2. Archives of Otology (1894)
"We distinguish between binaural and monaural ... in the monaural, which is much rarer, a double perception of a single tone is got by one ear alone. ..."

3. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"No one who knows much about the fetal heart will try to hear it through a towel. FIG. 50.—monaural stethoscope; made of aluminum and can be boiled ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"But for theory, monaural hearing presents a very different case from difference in sensitivity in binaural hearing (when working with monaural hearing the ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"monaural and binaural impressions differ in quality and in localisation; intensity and quality depend on attention, which is always locally directed; ..."

6. Control Processes in Modified Hand-writing: An Experimental Study by June Etta Downey (1908)
"There are, however, several interesting contrasts between monaural and ... The accuracy at 9O°r is about the same for a monaural as for a bin- aural person. ..."

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