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sonification

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[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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“We want to invent this feeling of being inside these universes, the sonification of nature in tune with what we call generative reality.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

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

Astronomers have also created a sonification for the HD 110067 system.

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

In Temple’s sonification of this gene, the telltale sign of Huntington’s sounds like a broken record.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

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