Definition of aural
: of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing visual and aural sensations
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Examples of aural in a Sentence
a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside
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Thirty thousand gallons of water rush deep into the ground to great visual and aural effect, creating a welcome break from the everyday grind.
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Tech credits are first-rate, dominated by Zoe Still’s setting (the outline of a house against a panoramic painting of a mountain range) and subtly fleshed out by Jonathan Robertson’s aural backdrop of nature sounds.
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Designers expect the QSST to make a sonic boom less than a hundredth that of the Concorde's aural impact.
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Origin and Etymology of aural
Latin auris ear — more at ear
First Known Use: 1773
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: relating to the ear or sense of hearing
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: of or relating to the ear or sense of hearing
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