Definitions of auditory sensation
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the subjective sensation of hearing something
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synonyms:
sound
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types:
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euphony, music
any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
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music
(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
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pure tone, tone
a steady sound without overtones
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dissonance, noise, racket
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
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dub
the new sounds added by dubbing
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piano music
the sound of music produced by a piano
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music of the spheres
an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
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harmonic
a tone that is a component of a complex sound
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type of:
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aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
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