noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of visualizing, or something visualized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a mental image that is similar to a visual perception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: visual image, visualisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: image, mental image
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English visualize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English visualization From visualize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aragonese:
visualización
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Belarusian:
візуализацыя
(vizualizácyja)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Bulgarian:
представяне
(predstavjane)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Bulgarian:
визуализа́ция
(vizualizácija)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Catalan:
visualització
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Chinese Mandarin:
可視化 /可视化
(kěshìhuà)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Chinese Mandarin:
視覺化 /视觉化
(shìjuéhuà)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Danish:
visualisering
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Dutch:
visualisatie
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Finnish:
visualisointi
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
French:
visualisation
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Galician:
visualización
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
German:
Visualisierung
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Greek:
απεικόνιση
(apeikónisi)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Greek:
οραματισμός
(oramatismós)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Italian:
visualizzazione
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Japanese:
映像化
(eizōka)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Japanese:
可視化
(kashika)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Japanese:
視覚化
(shikakuka)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Malay:
pembayangan
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Malay:
penggambaran
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Malay:
visualisasi
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Polish:
wizualizacja
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Portuguese:
visualização
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Romanian:
vizualizare
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Romanian:
vizualizație
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Russian:
визуализа́ция
(vizualizácija)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Russian:
представле́ние
(predstavlénije)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Russian:
изображе́ние
(izobražénije)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Spanish:
visualización
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Swedish:
visualisering
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Tagalog:
biswalisasyon
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Ukrainian:
візуаліза́ція
(vizualizácija)
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Welsh:
delweddoliad
— the act of visualizing, or something visualized
Catalan:
visualització
— computing: a visual representation of data
Chinese Mandarin:
可視化 /可视化
(kěshìhuà)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Chinese Mandarin:
視覺化 /视觉化
(shìjuéhuà)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Dutch:
visualisatie
— computing: a visual representation of data
Finnish:
visualisointi
— computing: a visual representation of data
French:
visualisation
— computing: a visual representation of data
German:
Visualisierung
— computing: a visual representation of data
Greek:
απεικόνιση
(apeikónisi)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Italian:
visualizzazione
— computing: a visual representation of data
Japanese:
映像化
(eizōka)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Japanese:
可視化
(kashika)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Japanese:
視覚化
(shikakuka)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Kazakh:
көрсетушілік
(körsetuşılık)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Portuguese:
visualização
— computing: a visual representation of data
Romanian:
vizualizare
— computing: a visual representation of data
Romanian:
vizualizație
— computing: a visual representation of data
Russian:
визуализа́ция
(vizualizácija)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Russian:
представле́ние
(predstavlénije)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Russian:
изображе́ние
(izobražénije)
— computing: a visual representation of data
Spanish:
visualización
— computing: a visual representation of data
Ukrainian:
візуаліза́ція
(vizualizácija)
— computing: a visual representation of data
