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110 Cards in this Set
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SCIENCE OF SOUND |
ACOUSTICS |
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OSCILLATION IN PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE |
SOUND |
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OVERALL ENVIRONMENT THAT AFFECTS THE ACOUSTIC CONDITION |
ACOUSTICAL ENVIRONMENT |
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THE USE OF ACOUSTICAL ABSORBING OR REFLECTING MATERIALS |
ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT |
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DETAILED STUDY OF ALL PERTINENT SOUND SOURCES, SOUND TRANSMISSION PATHS AND SOUND RECEPTORS |
ACOUSTICAL ANALYSIS |
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RESISTANCE TO FLOW OF THE ACOUSTICAL ENERGY; MEASURED IN RAYLS |
ACOUSTICAL IMPEDANCE |
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THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CONTROLLING SOUND IN AND AROUND BUILDINGS |
ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS |
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ABILITY OF A MATERIAL TO ABSORB ACOUSTICAL ENERGY; MEASURED IN SABINS |
ABSORPTION/ SOUND ABSORPTION |
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FRACTION OF SOUND ENERGY IMPINGING ON A SURFACE THAT IS ABSORBED BY THE SURFACE; DENOTED BY ALPHA |
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT |
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MATERIALS THAT DISSIPATE ACOUSTIC ENERGY |
ABSORBING MATERIALS |
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SOUND THAT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AIR BY A SERIES OF OSCILLATING PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS |
AIRBORNE SOUND |
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EXISTING SURROUNDING CONDITIONS |
AMBIANT |
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INCREASE IN INTENSITY LEVEL |
AMPLIFICATIONS |
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LESSENING OR REDUCTION OF SOUND INTENSITY |
ATTENUATION/ SOUND ATTENUATION |
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NOISE FROM ALL SOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT |
BACKGROUND SOUND |
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SOUND SENSATION CHARACTERIZED BY MORE THAN ONE FREQUENCY |
COMPLEX TONE |
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CONCENTRATION OF THE CONDUCTOR MOLECULES TO PRODUCE A HIGH PITCH LAYER OF SOUND |
COMPRESSION |
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MATERIAL THAT CARRIES OR TRANSMITS ENERGY FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER |
CONDUCTOR/ SOUND CONDUCTOR |
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TRANSMISSION OF SOUND ALONG CURVE SURFACES |
CREEP |
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ONE COMPLETE DISPLACEMENT |
CYCLE |
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CYCLES PER SECOND; UNIT OF FREQUENCY |
HERTZ |
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ENERGY DISSIPATION IN AN OSCILLATING SYSTEM |
DAMPING |
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RATE AT WHICH SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL IS DECREASED DUE TO THE ELIMINATION OF THE SOURCE |
DECAY RATE |
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BASIC METRIC UNIT FOR DESCRIBING THE MAGNITUDE OF SOUND |
DECIBEL |
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SKIN OF A PARTITION OR CEILING WHICH SEPARATES THE ROOM FROM THE STRUCTURAL SPACE IN THE CENTER |
DIAPHRAGM |
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SOUND FIELD IN WHICH THE SOUND INTENSITY IS INDEPENDENT OF ITS DIRECTION |
DIFFUSE SOUND FIELD |
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SOUND FIELD IN WHICH THE ENERGY ARRIVES AT THE RECEIVER IN A DIRECT PATH FROM THE SOURCE |
DIRECT SOUND FIELD |
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CHANGE IN THE TRANSMITTED SOUND SIGNAL |
DISTORTION |
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REFLECTED BACK SOUND WAVES |
ECHO |
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CONCENTRATION OF SOUND ENERGY IN A LIMITED LOCATION |
FOCUSING |
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FIELD FREE FROM BOUNDARIES |
FREE FIELD |
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NUMBER OF COMPLETE OSCILLATION CYCLES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME |
FREQUENCY |
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LOWEST FREQUENCY PRESENT IN A COMPLEX TONE |
FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY |
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RAPID SUCCESSION OF ECHOES |
FLUTTER ECHO |
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BEHAVIOR OF SOUND WAVES LIKENED TO THAT OF LIGHT RAYS |
GEOMETRIC ACOUSTICS |
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COMPONENT OF SOUND CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE FREQUENCY |
HARMONICS |
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SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE TO SOUND |
HEARING |
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NOISE OF THE FREQUENCY LESS THAN 20 CYCLES PER SECOND |
INFRASOUND |
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AVERAGE RATE OF SOUND ENERGY FLOW PER UNIT AREA |
INTENSITY |
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TEN TIMES THE LOGARITHM OF THE RATIO OF SOUND INTENSITY TO A REFERENCE SOUND INTENSITY |
INTENSITY LEVEL |
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STATES THAT SOUND INTENSITY VARIES INVERSELY WITH THE SQUARE OF THE DISTANCE FROM THE SOURCE |
INVERSE SQUARE LAW |
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SOUND CAUSED BY PULSATIONS OF LIQUID PRESSURE |
LIQUIDBORNE SOUND |
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SUBJECTIVE ATTRIBUTE OF AN AUDITORY SENSATION |
LOUDNESS |
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OBSCURING OR COVERING UP OF ONE SOUND BY ANOTHER |
MASKING |
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UNWANTED SOUND |
NOISE |
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SINGLE NUMBER RATING DERIVED IN THE SAME MANNER AS STC AND NR |
NOISE ISOLATION CLASS (NIC) |
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REDUCTION IN LEVEL OF UNWANTED SOUND |
NOISE REDUCTION |
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FREQUENCY BAND WHOSE UPPER LIMIT IS TWICE THE LOWER LIMIT |
OCTAVE |
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COMPONENT OF HIGH FREQUENCIES |
PARTIALS |
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UNIT OF LOUDNESS LEVEL |
PHON |
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ENABLES US TO ORDER SOUND ON A SCALE EXTENDING FROM LOW TO HIGH FREQUENCY |
PITCH |
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VIBRATION PRODUCED AT A SINGLE FREQUENCY |
PURE TONE |
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RESULTANT SOUND ENERGY RETURNED FROM A SURFACE |
REFLECTED SOUND |
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FORCES OF OSCILLATION OF A SYSTEM OCCUR AT OR NEAR A NATURAL FREQUENCY OF A SYSTEM |
RESONANCE |
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PERSISTENCE OF SOUND IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE |
REVERBERATION |
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SOUND THAT IS REFLECTED FROM THE BOUNDARIES OF AND FURNISHINGS |
REVERBERATION SOUND FIELD |
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TIME IN SECONDS REQUIRED FOR A SOUND TO DECAY |
REVERBERATION TIME |
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MEASURE OF SOUND ABSORPTION OF A SURFACE |
SABIN |
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UNIT OF HOW LOUD SOUND IS PERCEIVED |
SONE |
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MATERIALS THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ABSORB SOUND |
SOUND ABSORBER |
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DESIGNING AND EQUIPPING A SPACE FOR EFFECTIVE RETENTION OF DESIRABLE SOUND |
SOUND CONDITIONING |
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CAUSE SOUND WAVES TO BE BENT |
SOUND DIFFRACTION |
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SOUND TRAVELS IN ALL DIRECTIONS |
SOUND DIFFUSION |
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RATE AT WHICH ACOUSTIC ENERGY IS RADIATED |
SOUND POWER |
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FLUCTUATION OF FORCE PER UNIT AREA ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE |
SOUND PRESSURE |
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ORIGINATION OF TRANSMISSION OF SOUND ENERGY |
SOUND PROPAGATION |
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REFLECTION OF SOUND ENERGY |
SOUND REFLECTION |
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BENEFICIAL REINFORCEMENT OF A SOUND SIGNAL PROVIDED BY SOUND REFLECTING SURFACES |
SOUND REINFORCEMENT |
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USE OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE TRANSMISSION OF SOUND |
SOUND INSULATION/ SOUND ISOLATION |
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PROPAGATION OF SOUND ENERGY |
SOUND TRANSMISSION |
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SINGLE NUMBER RATING OF THE SOUND INSULATION VALUE OF A PARTITION, DOOR, WINDOW, ETC. |
SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS (STC) |
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FRACTION OF SOUND ENERGY ABSORBED |
SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT (SAC) |
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DIFFERENCE IN DECIBELS OF THE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL ON THE RECEIVER SIDE AND FROM THE SOURCE |
SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS (STL) |
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SLIGHT OFFSET IN ANGLE |
SPLAY |
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SOUND TRANSMISSION THROUGH SOLID MATERIAL BY VIBRATION |
STRUCTUREBORNE SOUND |
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RELATED TO THE CONDITION OF THE BRAIN AND SENSE ORGANS |
SUBJECTIVE |
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MINIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL THAT IS CAPABLE OF EVOKING AUDITORY SENSATION |
THRESHOLD OF AUDIBILITY |
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STIMULATES THE EAR TO POINT OF DISCOMFORT |
THRESHOLD OF PAIN |
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SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE OF EAR TO THE PITCH |
TONE |
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SOUND ABOVE THE AUDIBLE RANGE; FREQUENCY GREATER THAN 20000 HERTZ |
UNTRASONIC |
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RATE OF TRAVEL OF SOUND |
VELOCITY OF SOUND |
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SHAPE OF GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SOUND WAVES |
WAVEFORM |
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SPHERICAL SURFACE OF THE WAVE |
WAVEFRONT |
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DISTANCE SOUND WAVES TRAVEL |
WAVELENGTH |
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THREE MAIN ELEMENTS IN ACOUSTICAL SITUATION |
SOURCE, PATH, MEDIUM |
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PLANNING, SHAPING, FINISHING, FURNISHING OF AN ENCLOSED SPACE TO ESTABLISH AN ACOUSTICAL ENVIRONMENT |
ACOUSTICAL DESIGN |
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QUALITIES OF A ROOM |
ROOM ACOUSTICS |
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TECHNOLOGY OF SOUND PRODUCTION |
ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS |
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DEALS WITH ALL ASPECTS OF SOUND IN SEA |
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS |
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USED IN STUDYING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS |
BIOACOUSTICS/ MEDICAL ACOUSTICS |
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DEALS WITH HEARING IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS |
PHYSIOLOGICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ACOUSTICS |
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DEALS WITH ACOUSTICS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS |
MUSICAL ACOUSTICS |
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PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF SPPECH |
SPEECH ACOUSTICS |
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DEVICES BY WHICH ANY FORM OF ENERGY CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO SOUND ENERGY AND VICE VERSA |
ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS |
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TRANSFORMS ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY SOUND |
ELECTROACOUSTICS TRANSDUCER |
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WIDELY USED IN SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS |
PIEZOELECTRIC AND MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCERS |
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WAVE MOTION IN WHICH THE VIBRATION IS PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF PROPAGATION |
LONGITUDINAL WAVE |
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WAVE MOTION IN WHICH THE VIBRATION IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF PROPAGATION |
TRANSVERSE WAVE |
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HEARING SENSITIVITY DIMINISHES IN ADVANCE IN AGE WITHOUT DISEASES |
PRESBYCUSIS |
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PROLONGED AND REPEATED EXPOSURE TO DAILY INTENSE SOUND NOISE |
SOCIOCUSIS |
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HEARING LOSS ATTRIBUTED TO SICKNESS |
NOSOCUSIS |
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CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH- PITCHED RINGING IN THE EARS |
TINNITUS |
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MATERIAL IN WHICH IT'S ABSORPTION IS NEGLIGIBLE DUE TO RIGIDNESS AND LOW POROSITY.IT IS A GOOD ALL-FREQUENCY SOUND REFLECTOR |
BRICK |
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MATERIAL THAT PROVIDES VIRTUALLY NO ABSORPTION |
CONCRETE |
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MATERIAL WHERE IT'S ATTENUATION MAY BE ADEQUATE IN NON-CRITICAL CASES |
LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS |
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MATERIALS THAT ATTENUATE SOUND VERY WELL |
NORMAL-WEIGHT CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS |
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ALMOST TOTALLY REFLECTIVE IN THE HIGHER FREQUENCIES |
GLASS |
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CELLULAR NETWORK OF INTERLOCKING PORES |
POROUS MATERIALS |
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ABSORBERS HAVING AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE MOUNTED OVER AN AIR SPACE |
PANEL |
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CREATED BY HOLES CONNECTED TO AN ENCLOSED VOLUME OF TRAPPED AIR |
RESONATORS |