English Explanatory Dictionary

audiation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The comprehension and internal realization of music by an individual in the absence of any physical sound.

Pronunciation

/ɔːdɪˈeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-audiation.wav /ˌɔdiˈeɪʃən/

Word forms

audiation audiations

Etymology

Presumably audio + -ation, coined by American music researcher and educator Edwin E. Gordon (1927–2015), possibly in Learning Sequence and Patterns in Music (1976).

Related words

audiate
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