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cardioïde [3 records]

Record 1 2019-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
CONT

A cardioid microphone has the most sensitivity at the front and is least sensitive at the back. This isolates it from unwanted ambient sound and gives much more resistance to feedback than omnidirectional microphones. This makes a cardioid microphone particularly suitable for loud stages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Se dit d'un microphone qui capte les sons dans un champ déterminé par une courbe cycloïde en forme de cœur [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
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Record 2 2017-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematics
DEF

A heart-shaped curve generated by a point of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed circle of the same diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Courbe cycloïde en forme de cœur.

PHR

cardioïde perturbée, cardioïde de Mandelbrot

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Geometry
DEF

A heart-shaped curve generated by a point of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed circle of the same diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie analytique
DEF

Courbe algébrique du quatrième degré, engendrée par un point d'un cercle roulant sans glissement sur un cercle de même rayon.

Spanish

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