It's the abstract noun describing the latinate action of hearing, similar to what you think is going on with observation.
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AuditoryEquivalentto'Observation'
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So..whenyounoticeadetailvisually,youspeakofObservation.
Whenyouhowevernoticeacertainelementwithinasong,myhearingit,whatisthatcalled?
Whatstheauditorypendantto'observation'.
(Isn'titkindafunnyhowmostofanylanguagefocusesonthesenseofoptic?Iblamethehugevisualcortexofthebrain.)
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I'dsayit'sstill[abroadenedusageof]'observation.[M-W(merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observation)has:<>Surelyablindpersoncanobservewhenawrongnoteisplayed?
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Thewordyou'retheoreticallylookingforisauditioninitsoriginalsense
1.a.Theactionofhearingorlistening.
It'stheabstractnoundescribingthelatinateactionofhearing,similartowhatyouthinkisgoingonwithobservation.Thatsaid,veryfewpeopleuseauditioninthatsensethesedaysandMrAshworthisrightthatyou'remistakeninyourunderstandingofobservation.
II.5.a.Theactionoranactofobserving,watching,ornoticing;thefactorconditionofbeingwatchedornoticed;notice;perception.
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II.7.a.Theactionoranactofobservingscientifically;esp.thecarefulwatchingandnotingofanobjectorphenomenoninregardtoitscauseoreffect,orofobjectsorphenomenainregardtotheirmutualrelations(contrastedwithexperiment).[...]
Verygenerallyspeaking,Englishtendstousethelatinatesynonymsinitsvocabularyformoreformal,educated,orprofessionalsenses.Observegetsusedforpayingcloseattentiontosomethinginformalscientificsettingsbut—eventhoughitoriginatedfromsensesinvolvingfollowingordersorkeepingwatchoversth—it'snowusedmorebroadlywithanyofthesenses.
Havingsaidthat,themorecommonwayyou'ddescribedetectingsomethingspecificinasongwouldbenoticingitorpickingitout.Thosearen'tspecifictohearingeither,butlikeyousaidmostofoursensevocabularyisfocusedonsightorjustappliedgenerallytoanysenseinformation.
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