sonification

American  

[sah-ni-fi-kay-shuhn] / ˌsɑ nɪ fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

• sonifications
  plural

1. the act or process of sonifying something, especially a set of quantitative data.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• sonifications
  plural

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But for someone listening to a sonification, the experience is linear since data are converted into tones that must be played back one at a time.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

With exoplanets, sonification can convey the mathematical relationships of their orbits.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2024

In the past decade, technologies like sonification have made astronomy more inclusive while simultaneously enhancing scientists’ understanding of the universe.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024

Bower and Bellona are working to develop universal sonification methods, which will be the focus of a forthcoming project called Accessible Oceans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

For a discipline that strives to make sense of the world we live in, Bellona said that sonification represented “a really exciting” shift in how scientists can utilize other senses toward communicating information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

Alongside the images, the agency also unveiled three new sonifications, which transform astronomical observations into sound, offering another way to experience the universe.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026

Harrison plans to use the open-source code he created for the show as a template for other sonifications.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023

Western audiences would likely experience a learning curve with sonifications that employ, say, the sound of a Javanese gamelan, but a framework that contains such options can flex and adapt to the data’s needs.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023

Q: Do you give concerts featuring your sonifications?

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2017