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AUDITORY SENSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The subjective sensation of hearing something
Example:
he strained to hear the faint sounds
Synonyms:
auditory sensation; sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("auditory sensation" is a kind of...):
aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auditory sensation"):
euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)
music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))
pure tone; tone (a steady sound without overtones)
dissonance; noise; racket (the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience)
dub (the new sounds added by dubbing)
