Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the ear: as, the aural orifice; aural surgery.
  • Perceived by the ear; learned by hearing; auricular.
  • Pertaining to the air or to an aura.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the ear.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an aura.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the ear.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to sound.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or characterized by an aura
  • adjective of or pertaining to hearing or the ear

Etymologies

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From Latin aura ("moving air, breeze, vital air") +‎ -al

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From Latin auris ("ear") +‎ -al

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Examples

  • Both kinds may hold information, the minimum requirement to call an aural disturbance a “communication” rather than simply “noise.”

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • Computer-generated sounds on prerecorded tape, which the composer refers to as aural "wallpaper," are added periodically to the rich instrumental mix.

    Both Challenging and Cool 2009

  • Both kinds may hold information, the minimum requirement to call an aural disturbance a “communication” rather than simply “noise.”

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • Thus, we can call the aural boundaries "natural" boundaries, and other boundaries "artificial."

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • I'd even give a nod to their live accompaniment to “Planet Earth,” the mother of all nature documentaries; you could argue that live music is a kind of aural HD accompaniment to the film's remarkable nature footage.

    Ode to Michael Jackson, symphonic style 2010

  • But a news station is not a place to carry through the Disney mission with a kind of "aural" branding.

    Val Brown: Mickey Mans Up: Is It A Disney Trend? 2009

  • McLuhan partly bemoaned the rise of the alphabet because it helped destroy an "aural" space that he believed was "cooler."

    The inevitability of voice 2007

  • They're all compilations or home recordings of one kind or another, and together they represent a kind of aural inventory of my changing tastes, fortunes and moods since the early 1990s.

    Past masters Alistair Myles 2005

  • They're all compilations or home recordings of one kind or another, and together they represent a kind of aural inventory of my changing tastes, fortunes and moods since the early 1990s.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Alistair Myles 2005

  • When it switched from base level to cooling cycle, it cast a kind of aural shadow, not enough to distract, but certainly enough to add color.

    Disquiet » Beyond Laptops 2005

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  • There's a distinctive aural quality to lies. This didn't have it. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.

    March 3, 2012