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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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The editor links interactions across modalities, so if a user changes the textual description, that information is adjusted in the corresponding sonification.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Astronomers use a technique called sonification to translate complex visual data into sound.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024

“If I listen to a sonification of a dataset, it will tell me a slightly different story than if I’m just looking,” says Arcand.

From National Geographic • Jan. 26, 2024

Scaletti believes sonification should be driven by the data alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

One study even theorized that the electrical impulses captured by these biodata sonification devices can be understood as a type of fungus language.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

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