Acoustics

Acoustics

Of or pertaining to the study of mechanical waves in all stages of matter including sounds, vibration, ultrasounds, and infrasound.

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structure-borne sound

Science; Acoustics

Sound for which a significant portion of the transmission path from source to receiver takes place in a solid structure rather than through the air.

intensity

Science; Acoustics

Sound intensity is the product of sound pressure and sound particle velocity.

sound level

Science; Acoustics

Sound level is the frequency weighted and exponential time weighted - sound pressure level.

sound level meter classes

Science; Acoustics

Sound level meters are divided into classes, originally known as types. Class 1 are precision instruments with a wider frequency range and tolerances than the class 2 instruments. Class 0 is a ...

Sound or noise recognizable by it's regularity. A simple or pure tone has one frequency. Complex tones have two or more simple tones, the lowest tone frequency is called the fundamental, the others ...