Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.

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  • noun biology The production of sound

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Examples

  • Spatialized sonification is afforded each subject through head-related transfer function-generated sound, based on information from the Motionstar system.

    The Cube, the CAVE and the TouchTable 2006

  • Spatialized sonification is afforded each subject through head-related transfer function-generated sound, based on information from the Motionstar system.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • Risto Koiva invented the "Intelli Chair" after researching "sonification" -- the use of noise to convey information -- with his colleagues at Bielefeld University in northwestern

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Risto Koiva invented the "Intelli Chair" after researching "sonification" -- the use of noise to convey information -- with his colleagues at Bielefeld University in northwestern

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Risto Koiva invented the "Intelli Chair" after researching "sonification" -- the use of noise to convey information -- with his colleagues at Bielefeld University in northwestern

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The concept underlying the LHC Sound project is a principle called sonification - using data to make sound.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Scientists used information from computer models to calculate what the creation of the particle will sound like, a process called "sonification".

    Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010

  • This PDF paper by Dr Robert W. Massof, Auditory Assistive Devices for the Blind is good reading on the general field, covering the simpler talking and signalling devices as well as sonification.

    More on sonification Ray Girvan 2005

  • Apothecary's Drawer Weblog: More on sonification skip to main | skip to sidebar

    More on sonification Ray Girvan 2005

  • Medical: Commotio cordis (PDF paper), how a baseball can fatally disrupt heart rhythm (more at the The Louis J Acompora Memorial Foundation); Electrocardiography, what those traces actually measure; Atrial Fibrillation Therapy, cardioversion etc; Heart rate sonification; and Robotic Surgery, 'da Vinci machines'.

    The beat goes on Ray Girvan 2005

  • The process of taking data and turning it into sound is called data sonification. And it's not just a novelty. Vicinanza says data sonification can be used to spot trends or patterns because listening to data is sometimes easier than poring over spreadsheets or graphs.

    Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Ayesha Rascoe 2023

  • Sonification describes the conversion of data (including research data) into digital audio files, which allows them to be heard, as well as read and seen.

    Sounds of the stars: how scientists are listening in on space 2023

  • The process of taking data and turning it into sound is called data sonification. And it's not just a novelty. Vicinanza says data sonification can be used to spot trends or patterns because listening to data is sometimes easier than poring over spreadsheets or graphs.

    Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Ayesha Rascoe 2023

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