Auralize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To model acoustic phenomena in a virtual environment; to engage in auralization.
  2. 2
    To form a mental representation of what something sounds like.

    "For example I ask musicians to auralize the sound of cells dividing as a sonic metaphor in the score to Primordial Lift. It could be helpful though to actually be able to hear the real sound as an example. We live in a sonorous environment."

Synonyms

All synonyms
audialize

Example

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"For example I ask musicians to auralize the sound of cells dividing as a sonic metaphor in the score to Primordial Lift. It could be helpful though to actually be able to hear the real sound as an example. We live in a sonorous environment."

Etymology

From aural + -ize, on the model of visualize.

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