Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One in whose mind auditory images are predominant, or especially distinct.
- Of, pertaining to, or acting through the auditory nerves and tracts; earminded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Psychol.) One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images.
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- adjective Pertaining to
hearing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor
- adjective of or relating to the process of hearing
Etymologies
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Examples
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The reason why more audile phenomena are perceived at night is that the percipient is tolerably still.
Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men John William Harris
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A visual might see apparitions more easily, and have more difficulty in automatic writing; and an audile might easily hear voices and write with more difficulty, etc ....
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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If the communicator is naturally a good visualizer this may help his visual communications, but impede the others; an audile might be better in some instances.
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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An audile is one in whom the sense of hearing is predominant.
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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If the experimenter is 'audile,' the marks will first call up a vivid sound image with which a like emotional reaction may be associated.
Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895
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The _audile_ phenomena were so frequent and so various, that a conspectus of them is given in an appendix.
The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873
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Rational Review 2009
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Each one of the core gameplay mechanics (mentioned above) has the visual and audile flare direct from the Wanted movie.
Planet Xbox 360 2009
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BBNav comes complete with street level mapping for the UK and Republic of Ireland*, seven digit postcode lookup and a six month free trial of safety camera alerts, featuring visual and audile safety camera alerts for all six UK safety camera types including SPECS and Mobile.
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_visual_ type of mind, or the _audile_ type, or the _motor_ type, as if the possession of one kind of imagery necessarily rendered a person short in other types.
The Mind and Its Education George Herbert Betts 1901
jmjarmstrong commented on the word audile
JM was very excited to hear about audiles.
March 31, 2011