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INTENSITE ACOUSTIQUE REFERENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

... the decibel scale ... depends on the use of ratios, so that a given sound intensity ... may be twice, 10 times or a million times as great as some defined reference intensity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Intensité acoustique conventionnellement choisie égale à 1 pW/m². [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

CONT

Ils ont choisi pour caractériser un niveau la formule du type : N égale [...] l'indice o [étant] intensité de référence.

OBS

intensité acoustique de référence : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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