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dichotic

dichotic adjective: that stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness.

Adjective

dichotic (not comparable)

  1. That stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness

Origin of dichotic

From German dichotisch, from Ancient Greek δῐ́χᾰ (dĭ́khă, “apart”) + οὖς (oûs), ὠτ- (ōt-, “ear”) + -isch (-ic).

Words formed from dichotic

Questions about dichotic

What does dichotic mean?
Dichotic means that stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness.
What part of speech is dichotic?
Dichotic is an adjective.

Words near dichotic in the dictionary

  1. dichoric
  2. dichorion
  3. dichorionic
  4. dichorionicity
  5. dichorions
  6. dichotic
  7. dichotically
  8. dichotomal
  9. dichotomic
  10. dichotomical
  11. dichotomically

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