What's the difference between sonification and sound?

Sonification


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The method is based on sonification of bacterial suspension in the presence of lysozyme and EDTA and subsequent extraction of the pellet with boiling water.
  • (2) After sonification other samples were assayed for (Na+ + K+)-dependent, (Ca2+ + Mg2+)- and Ca2+-dependent ATPases.
  • (3) Sonification removes plastocyanin, but leaves bound cytochrome 553 in the membrane.
  • (4) Brief sonification of warmed rabbit lung macrophages caused release of heterodisperse hyaline blebs and filopodia, which were easily collected by differential centrifugation.
  • (5) For rat liver mitochondria the phosphate effect valinomycin effect on [14C]-NEM incorporation were observed in the subparticular fraction obtained after sonification.
  • (6) The stimulatory effect of neurocatin on dopamine synthesis occurred only in intact synaptosomes and was almost completely abolished by lysis of the synaptosomes with Triton X-100 or sonification prior to neurocatin addition.
  • (7) The amount of PG demonstrated in co-culture supernatants was 30 times more than obtained by sonification of fresh PMNs and 10 times more than found in the culture medium containing PMNs alone.
  • (8) Sonification led to a solubilization of several mitochondrial polypeptides (p 62, p 48, p 40, p 24).
  • (9) It appeared that sonification of saliva resulted in significantly higher values for progesterone, cortisone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone and oestradiol (10-49% increase), compared with the levels recorded after centrifugation.
  • (10) It was demonstrated with 125I-labeled insulin and homogenates of human placenta that the energy and duration of tissue disintegration by sonification markedly affected the extent and reproducibility of binding.
  • (11) BVM were obtained by sonification of aqueous (D2O) dispersions of individual (PC) and their mixtures.
  • (12) The treatment of the intact nuclei suspension with DNase leads to a 50% decrease in the NADase activity and the treatment of the sonificated nuclei suspension-- to a complete loss of the activity.
  • (13) Feed samples containing ethopabate are finely ground, extracted 30 min by sonification with methanol-water (80 + 20), and filtered.
  • (14) Sonification of the rat liver cells nuclei (15 and 22 kHz) from 3-10 s and further induced a decrease in the NADase activity with its subsequent complete loss.
  • (15) (1985), and amyloid-enhancing material was also extracted from isolated hamster amyloid fibrils by intensive sonification.
  • (16) The bactericidal activity of PMN decreased after sonification, but was restored following addition of carbenicillin.
  • (17) In vitro, the control group not agitated at all was compared with groups subjected to agitation with a Vortex Shaker or agitation with first a Vortex shaker and then a sonification bath.
  • (18) We investigated the effect of the pretreatment (sonification or centrifugation) of saliva samples on the concentration of several steroid hormones as measured with highly specific RIA after extraction and chromatography.
  • (19) Lysates of these suspensions, prepared by sonification, were administered intravenously to the autologous dogs.
  • (20) The method includes a simple sonification step for cell disruption and release of the compounds into the supernatant.

Sound


Definition:

  • (n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
  • (n.) A cuttlefish.
  • (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
  • (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
  • (superl.) Firm; strong; safe.
  • (superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
  • (superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
  • (superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
  • (superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
  • (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
  • (adv.) Soundly.
  • (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
  • (v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
  • (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
  • (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  • (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
  • (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
  • (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
  • (n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
  • (v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
  • (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
  • (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
  • (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
  • (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
  • (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
  • (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
  • (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The sound of the ambulance frightened us, especially us children, and panic gripped the entire community: people believe that whoever is taken into the ambulance to the hospital will die – you so often don’t see them again.
  • (2) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (3) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
  • (4) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
  • (5) Respiratory alteration in the intensity of heart sounds is one of the commonest auscultatory pitfalls.
  • (6) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
  • (7) It is felt that otologic surgery should be done before the pinna reconstruction as it is very important to try and introduce sound into these children at an early age.
  • (8) To evaluate the relationship between the motion pattern and degree of organic change of the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) and the features of the mitral component of the first heart sound (M1) or the opening snap (OS), 37 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) were studied by auscultation, phonocardiography and echocardiography.
  • (9) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (10) Among the epileptic patients investigated by the stereotactic E. E. G. (Talairach) whose electrodes were introduced at or around the auditory cortex (Area 41, 42), the topography of the auditory responses by the electrical bipolar stimulation and that of the auditory evoked potential by the bilateral click sound stimulation were studied in relation to the ac--pc line (Talairach).
  • (11) Seconds later the camera turns away as what sounds like at least 15 gunshots are fired amid bystanders’ screams.
  • (12) Not making a sound for 24 hours pretty nearly killed me.
  • (13) The decision of the editors to solicit a review for the Medical Progress series of this journal devoted to current concepts of the renal handling of salt and water is sound in that this important topic in kidney physiology has recently been the object of a number of new, exciting and, in some instances, quite unexpected insights into the mechanisms governing sodium excretion.
  • (14) Reduced mineral absorption is fairly well documented and has sound theoretical support from basic chemistry.
  • (15) Endogenous sound-induced (binaural) inhibition which is suggested to be GABA-mediated is also significantly reduced in IC neurons of the GEPR.
  • (16) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
  • (17) This paper reports two experiments concerned with verbal representation in the test stage of recognition memory for naturalistic sounds.
  • (18) Although sound pressure levels are high, they are probably reduced before reaching the cochlea of the fetus because of the surrounding amniotic fluid and the fluid in the middle ear.
  • (19) The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of listening experience on the perception of intraphonemic differences in the absence of specific training with the synthetic speech sounds being tested.
  • (20) Digital respirosonography provides an easy way to assess lung sound amplitudes, frequencies and timing over several breaths.

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