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Meaning of circumaural | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/sɝkʌmaɹʌl/

Definitions

Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.

not-comparable

Examples

“They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two circumaural earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB...”
“First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the circumaural cushion so as not to rest on a scalp...”
“For the first two experiments, sounds were presented through canal (insert) earphones...; for the third experiment, circumaural earphones...were employed.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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