visualization

noun

vi·​su·​al·​i·​za·​tion ˌvi-zhə-wə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

ˌvi-zhə-lə-,

ˌvizh-wə-lə-

1

: formation of mental visual images

2

: the act or process of interpreting in visual terms or of putting into visible form

3

: the process of making an internal organ or part visible by the introduction (as by swallowing) of a radiopaque substance followed by radiography

Examples of visualization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This includes using modern visualization technologies, focusing on transparent communication about impacts and benefits, and providing meaningful opportunities for community input early in the process. —Anna Broughel, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

In a recent study released on Oct. 10 by the European Space Agency, researchers from the German Research Centre for Geosciences and the Technical University of Denmark created a soundscape visualization of the Laschamp event by mapping the previous movements of Earth's magnetic field lines. —Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024

Pricing Time for an app that makes clean data visualization easy. —New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2024

There are other surgical visualization systems on the market promising similar benefits. —Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

visualization

noun

vi·​su·​al·​i·​za·​tion ˌvizh-(ə-)wə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

ˌvizh-ə-lə-

1

: the formation of visual mental images

2

: the act or process of putting into visual form

Medical Definition

visualization

noun

vi·​su·​al·​i·​za·​tion

variants also British visualisation

ˌvizh-(ə-)wə-lə-ˈzā-shən, ˌvizh-ə-lə- 

1

: formation of mental visual images

2

: the process of making an internal organ or part visible by the introduction (as by swallowing, by an injection, or by an enema) of a radiopaque substance followed by radiography