auralize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To model acoustic phenomena in a virtual environment; to engage in auralization.
verb
To form a mental representation of what something sounds like.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Play the first note of a scale, and while holding it, auralize the second note; then play the second note, and while holding it, hear in your head the third note; then play that note, and continue throughout the scale."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂ew-
Inflected Forms
auralizes (present, singular)
auralizing (participle, present)
auralized (participle, past)
auralized (past)
Frequently Paired Words
auralization
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