monaural
adjective
uk/mɒnˈɔː.rəl/us/ˌmɑːˈnɔːr.əl/monauraladjective(EAR)
relatingto or using only oneear:
All theparticipantsin thestudyhad monauralhearingloss.
Thiswoodenmonauralstethoscopewas made in the 19thcentury.
Wediscoveredthat herhearinglosswas only monaural.
- Theaveragepriceof a monauralhearingaidis high.
Using the ears
- attend
- auditory
- aural
- aurally
- be all earsidiom
- catch
- cloth ears
- conductive
- ears are flappingidiom
- eavesdropper
- grommet
- hark
- hark atsomeone!idiom
- lend an earidiom
- listen
- listen up
- mishear
- pin
- prick(something)up
- sensorineural
monauraladjective(SOUND)
(alsomonophonic)
recordingorplayingsoundin a way thatproducesasinglesignal, orrelatingto thiskindofsound:
Theaudiois monaural, but themusicsoundsprettyclear.
Goodstereorecordingshavegreatadvantagesover monauralsound.
- The newradioreceiverscould stillreceivemonauralsignals.
- It isdifficulttofindcustomersfor monauralrecordings.
Sound & its properties
- acoustic
- acoustically
- anechoic
- aurally
- decibel
- diapason
- echo
- echo chamber
- high def
- high definition
- monaurally
- mono
- reverberate
- silken
- sonic
- sonority
- soundproof
- soundproofing
- thunder
- trill
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