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SOUND STIMULUS [1 record]

Record 1 2006-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Hearing
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

The [multimedia] console, with its graphic display and audio channel, is able to inundate the student with a flood of visual and auditory stimuli, literally filling every channel, inlet, passage, and canal leading to the student's brain.

CONT

The measurement of any sound stimulus is commonly made with a sound-level meter and a frequency analyzer.

OBS

plural: sound stimuli, auditory stimuli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Ouïe
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

La courbe de réponse de l'oreille aux stimuli sonores n'est linéaire ni en niveau ni en fréquence.

CONT

[...] les techniques audiovisuelles les plus complexes (cinéma et télévision) jouent conjointement avec les stimuli visuels et avec les stimuli sonores.

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

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