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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

circumaural en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɝkʌmaɹʌl/
  • sûrkŭmärŭl

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English aural English circumaural From circum- (“around”) + aural (“ear”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.
    • For the first two experiments, sounds were presented through canal (insert) earphones...; for the third experiment, circumaural earphones...were employed. 1999, Tamara T. Sowell, Bruce B. Blasch, Gale Watson, Low Vision And Blindness: Research And Development:
    • First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the circumaural cushion so as not to rest on a scalp... 1973, Richard F. Thompson, Michael M. Patterson, Bioelectric Recording Techniques:
    • They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two circumaural earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB... 1969, John Donald Harris, An Efficient monaural procedure for the psychoacoustic calibration of earphones:

Relateds

supra-aural · intra-aural