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ACOUSTICAL ABSORPTION [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Noise Pollution
DEF

The property possessed by materials, both natural and manufactured, objects, and structures such as rooms, of absorbing sound energy.

CONT

Absorption of Sound. - When the sound waves strike the walls some of the sound energy travels on and is ... absorbed in the material or may penetrate to the other side ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Pollution par le bruit
DEF

Capacité ou aptitude de la majorité des matériaux de capter ou de transformer une partie de l'énergie sonore qui s'y frappe et s'y infiltre.

OBS

absorption acoustique : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aislamiento y acústica arquitectónicos
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Contaminación acústica
DEF

Propiedad de los materiales para absorber energía acústica al disminuir la reflexión de las ondas sonoras incidentes.

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