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moment of inertia

Science; Acoustics

A quantity expressing a body's tendency to resist angular acceleration.

scalar quantity

Science; Acoustics

A quantity having only magnitude and not direction, for example density, mass and speed. As opposed to a vector quantity which has both magnitude and direction, for example ...

flutter

Science; Acoustics

A repetitive echo set up by parallel reflecting surfaces.

mode

Science; Acoustics

A room resonance. Axial modes in rectangular rooms are associated with pairs of parallel walls. Tangential modes involve four room surfaces and oblique modes all six surfaces. ...

accelerometer

Science; Acoustics

A sensor whose electrical output is proportional to acceleration, intended for measurement of vibrations. The two most common types are the traditional charge type and the IEPE, ...

time series

Science; Acoustics

A sequence of measurements where a single measurement is not considered appropriate to establish the mean, maximum and/or other statistical information. In this case mean is used ...

spectrum averaging

Science; Acoustics

A short term spectrum analysis may include information due to external sources, for example background noise. Repeating the measurements over a longer period and averaging the ...

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