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auditory sensation

auditory sensation

1 6.8
A sound you notice with your hearing
  • noun
  • /ɔːˈdɪtəri sɛnˈseɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: sensación auditiva
  • The auditory sensation of waves crashing on the shore was calming.

I had this pulsing wow, wow, wow, like very vivid auditory sensation.

Examples

  • To musicians, Pitch is that attribute of the sensation, auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a musical scale.

  • (n3) Simmons et al. in 1964 observed that stimulation of the inferior colliculus "... failed to produce any auditory sensation whatsoever." 4

    Academic text (1998)

  • He experienced a sharp auditory sensation when the fire alarm went off.

  • During the concert, the auditory sensation of the orchestra filled the hall.

Synonyms

sound
vsauditory sensation
∞ 1.0

A noise you can hear

is the private experience of hearing inside a listener rather than an external event

How Loud

deafening
30 3.5
loud
775 1.0
auditory sensation
  • Specialized
1 6.8
faintness
1 5.5

Surface Forms

auditory sensation singular
auditory sensations plural

Morphology

auditory + sensation

The meaning 'the subjective experience of hearing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'auditory' (connected with hearing) and 'sensation' (a feeling). This simple adjective + noun composition follows standard compositional semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.

Etymology

Auditory sensation joins auditory, meaning 'relating to hearing', and sensation, meaning 'a feeling', so imagine a sound you can almost feel in your ear; that's why it means 'the experience of hearing a sound'.