🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

audibler Reiz

Pronunciation / Transliteration: audibler raits

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Auditory Stimulus/ˈɔː.dɪ.tər.i ˈstɪm.jʊ.ləs/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Testperson reagierte auf den auditorischen Reiz."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A sound or acoustic signal that is capable of being perceived by the auditory system and eliciting a physiological or psychological response.

    "The experiment required participants to press a button every time they detected a specific auditory stimulus."
  2. 2

    Any noise or tone used in experimental settings to test hearing thresholds or cognitive processing.

    "Brainwave activity was measured while various auditory stimuli were played through headphones."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'auditory', derived from the Latin 'auditorius' (pertaining to hearing) from 'audire' (to hear), and 'stimulus', a Latin word meaning a goad or spur used to urge livestock. The compound phrase emerged in psychological and physiological literature during the late 19th century to describe any sound that evokes a functional reaction in sensory receptors.

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