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AbiKrafft Chapt 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pitch | Term that refers to how high or low sound frequencies appear to be. |
| Infrasonic | Term applied to sound pitch too high to be heard by the human ear, that is, below 20 hertz. |
| Ultrasonic | Term applied to sound frequencies above 20,000 hertz, the normal upper limit of human hearing. |
| Compression | In sound, a pulse of compressed air (or other matter); opposite of rarefaction. |
| Rarefaction | A disturbance in air (or matter) in which the pressure is lowered. Opposite of compression. |
| Natural Frequency | A frequency at which an elastic object, once energized, will vibrate. Minimum energy is required to continue vibration at that frequency. Also called resonant frequency. |
| Forced Vibration | The vibration of an object that is made to vibrate by another vibrating object that is nearby. The sounding board in a musical instrument amplifies the sound through forced vibration. |
| Resonance | A phenomenon that occurs when the frequency of forced vibrations on an object matches the object's natural frequency, and a dramatic increase in amplitude results. |
| Beats | A periodic variation in the loudness of sound caused by interference when two tones of slightly different frequencies are sounded together. |