dictionary definitions for "auditory"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  auditory
      adj : of or relating to the process of hearing; "auditory
            processing"; "an audile person" [syn: audile,
            auditive]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, a. [L. auditorius.]
     Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of
     hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.
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     Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus
        or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, n. [L. auditorium.]
     1. An assembly of hearers; an audience.
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     2. An auditorium. --Udall.
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