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sound vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pitch | property of sound that depends on frequency. |
| ultrasound | sound above the range of human hearing 20,000 HZ. |
| infrasonic | sound below the range of human hearing 20 HZ. |
| Doppler effect | change in sound or light that occurs whenever there is motion between the source and its observance. |
| intensity of sound | amount of energy carried by a wave, indicated by the amplitude of a wave. |
| acoustics | science or sound and its interaction. |
| sound quality | blending of pitches to produce sound timber. |
| timber | blending of pitches to produce sound, sound quality. |
| fundamental tone | not produced at the lowest frequency at which a standing wave occurs. |
| over tone | tone produced at frequency higher than the fundamental at which a standing wave occurs. |
| sonar | technique of using sound waves to measure distance, sound navigation and ranging |