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REFRACTION SON [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

The bending of sound by passage from one medium to another or in a gradient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Changement de la direction de propagation d'une onde acoustique se propageant dans un milieu anisotrope ou traversant la surface de séparation de deux milieux d'impédance caractéristique différente. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

réfraction acoustique : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Electroacústica
DEF

Cambio de dirección que experimentan las ondas acústicas [...] cuando, al propagarse, pasan de un medio refringente a otro cuando varía la refringencia de una a otra capa de un mismo medio.

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