▪ I. aural, a.1
(ˈɔːrəl)
[f. prec. + -al2.]
Of or pertaining to the aura.
| 1869 Eng. Mech. 5 Nov. 191/2 Magnetic power depends..upon the aural condition of the atmosphere. |
▪ II. aural, a.2
(ˈɔːrəl)
[f. L. aur-is ear + -al1. (L. would prob. have been aurīlis.)]
= auricular.
1. Of or pertaining to the organ of hearing.
| 1847 Lewes Hist. Philos. (1853) 251 Acting on the aural nerve. 1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 124 Deafness is..the result of the destructive aural disease. |
2. Received or perceived by the ear.
| 1860 Sat. Rev. No. 252. 247/2 Continental cities, where he had seen and suffered from ocular, aural, or nasal nuisances. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola III. xvii. 175 Aural acquaintance with Latin phrases. |