Binaural

Definition: Binaural

Binaural

Adjective

1. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears; "binaural hearing".

Note: Binaural \Bin*au"ral\, adjective. [Prefix bin- aural.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Binaural

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Used of the two ears functioning together. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Binaural

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Binaural means "involving both ears". Binaural topics include binaural recording, binaural playback, binaural synthesis and binaural auditory illusions.

Binaural recording

Binaural recordings are made such that the listener, wearing headphones, will hear the sound with the same spatialization as if the listener were in the same environment and position relative to the sound source(s) as the recording device was. In order to make convincing binaural recordings it is therefore necessary to record a sound from two locations, preferably from microphones placed inside of the ears of a dummy head that can simulated the filtering effects of the human torso, head and pinna (external ear).

Please see binaural recording.

Binaural playback

Binaural audio must be reproduced using headphones for the spatialization information to be maintained.

Please see binaural recording.

Binaural synthesis

Binaural synthesis is the synthesis of a 3-dimensional environment to be reproduced using headphones

Monoaural sounds, containing no spatialization information, can be transformed into a simulated 3D auditory space using head-related transfer functions, a method that is increasingly common in virtual environmentss such as the first person shooter. Similarly, HRTFs have also been used in military applications to provide spatialization information for pilots.

Binaural auditory illusions

Auditory illusions are a popular subject in psychoacoustics because they illuminate the hidden mechanisms of the human perception of sound. This information is particularly valuable in audio coding, where binaural information is eliminated where perceptually irrelevant.

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Synonym: Binaural

Synonym: biaural (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: monaural (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Binaural

English words defined with "binaural": binaurally ♦ in both ears ♦ to both ears. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Binaural

Domain	Title
Books	Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments (reference) Binaural Hearing AIDS (reference) Binaural Technique: A Method of True 3d Sound Reproduction (reference) Coloration and binaural decoloration of sound due to reflections (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Binaural (reference) Binaural [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Gn Omega Noise Canceling Binaural Headset Top (reference) ENCORE POLARIS BINAURAL HEADSET (reference) Supra Binaural Polaris Unamplified Headset (reference) Macsense iP ST iParrot Multi-Media/Voice Recognition Binaural Headset (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Binaural

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Noise-reduction technologies and enhancement of performance using binaural implants are promising areas. (references)
		However, when there is residual hearing, the poorer ear should be chosen if there is radiologic evidence of cochlear patency to retain the option for continued hearing aid use and, thus, the potential advantages of binaural sound localization. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Binaural

"Binaural" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Binaural" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	83.33%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	16.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	6	N/A

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Binaural

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
binaural	28
binaural beat	26
pearl jam binaural	6
binaural hearing	4
binaural microphone	4
binaural recording	3
binaural headset	3
beat binaural frequency sound	3
binaural software	2
beat binaural creator	2
binaural headset sales	2
audición binaural	2
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Modern Translations: Binaural

Language		Translations for "binaural"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		binaural (biaural, binotic), Y-ledning til hoereapparater (bilateral, pseudo-binaural). (various references)

Dutch		binauraal (biaural, binotic), pseudo-binauraal (bilateral, pseudo-binaural). (various references)

Farsi		دارای دوگوش . (various references)

Finnish		binauraalinen (biaural, binotic). (various references)

French		binauriculaire (biaural, binotic), binaural (biaural, binotic), biaural (biaural, binotic), stéréophonique, écoute pseudo-binaurale (bilateral), écoute pseudo-bilatérale (bilateral). (various references)

German		binärisch. (various references)

Greek		αμφιωτικός (biaural, binotic, dichotic), διωτικός (biaural, binotic). (various references)

Italian		binauriale (biaural, binotic), biauricolare (biaural, binotic), biaurale (biaural, binotic), stereofonico (stereo, stereophonic), ascolto pseudo-bilaterale (bilateral, pseudo-binaural), ascolto pseudo-biauricolare (bilateral, pseudo-binaural). (various references)

Pig Latin		inauralbay

Portuguese		binauricular (biaural, binotic). (various references)

Romanian		stereofonic (stereofonic, stereophonic). (various references)

Spanish		biauricular (biaural, binotic). (various references)

Swedish		binaural (biaural, binotic). (various references)

Ukranian		стереофонічний (stereophonic). (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Binaural

Derivations
	Words beginning with "binaural": binaurally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Binaural" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benadryl, benatura, Benouda, Bilauri, Bonacure. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Binaural"

Words rhyming with "binaural" (pronounced 'Bin*au"ral'): Aboral, Antemural, Auroral, Bicrural, Caesural, Cesural, Concho-spiral, Crural, Cynosural, Demurral, Dermoneural, Dowral, Dural, Epineural, Epipleural, Equicrural, Extramural, Floral, Genitocrural, goral, gyral, Horal, Hypural, Intercrural, intermural, Interneural, intramural, Jharal, jural, Macrural, Metachloral, Moneral, Multispiral, Mural, Musculospiral, Neural, Oral, Paucispiral, Pleural, Postoral, Precrural, Preoral, Pyral, Roral, rural, Semihoral, sororal, subdural, Subpleural, Supraloral. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Binaural

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-l-n-r-u"
	-2 letters: abulia, anural, anuria, burial, narial, ranula, urania, urinal.
	-3 letters: aural, bairn, banal, binal, blain, brail, brain, bruin, buran, burin, laari, labia, labra, lanai, lauan, laura, liana, libra, lunar, naira, nubia, ruana, ulnar, unbar, urban, urbia, urial.
	-4 letters: abri, airn, alan, alar, alba, anal, anil, aria, aril, aura, baal, bail, bani, barn, birl, blin.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-l-n-r-u"
	+2 letters: binaurally, inarguable, inarguably, jubilarian, mandibular.
	+3 letters: ablutionary, albuminuria, antiburglar, hibernacula, jubilarians, submarginal, subrational.
	+4 letters: albuminurias, antiburglary, sublibrarian, turbellarian, uncalibrated, uncharitable, uncharitably, unrealizable.
	+5 letters: attributional, blackguarding, brutalization, gubernatorial, perambulating, perambulation, sublibrarians, submandibular, turbellarians, unreclaimable.
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