monaurallyadv.
/mənˈɔːrəli/, /ˌmɒnˈɔːrəli/, /ˌmɒnˈɔːrl̩i/, U.S. /ˌmɑnˈɔrəli/ 1. With or to one ear.
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the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > [adverb]
monaurally1933
1933 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 4 288 The observer is placed in a sound field which is substantially that of a plane progressive wave, facing the source and listening monaurally.
1948 Psychol. Bull. 45 194 He observed that a sound heard binaurally was always louder than the same sound heard monaurally.
1972 N. I. Durlach in J. V. Tobias Found. Mod. Auditory Theory II. x. 385 The tone is presented monaurally.
1992 Science 4 Dec. 1670/1 (note) Tone bursts of 200-ms duration..were generated by an Amiga 1000 computer and presented monoaurally by Etymotic Research type ER-3A earphones.
1997 Perception & Psychophysics 59 442 Brief noise bursts were delivered monaurally to the left or right ears.
2. In the context of sound recording or reproduction: in a monaural manner. Cf. monophonically adv. 2.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adverb] > system
acoustically1927
stereophonically1940
monaurally1958
monophonically1959
quadraphonically1970
1958 Manch. Guardian 30 June 5/3 Dvořák's Fourth Symphony is first played through one speaker, then monaurally through both, and finally stereophonically through both.
1964 P. J. Guy Disc Recording x. 147 It was the original aim of the record manufacturers to make stereophonic records playable monaurally with an ordinary pickup.
1995 Irish Voice 10 Jan. 23/1 A tribute to Michael Colman was recorded monaurally, direct to tape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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