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ALTAVOZ [1 record]

Record 1 2009-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

An electroacoustic transducer that converts audio-frequency electric power into acoustic power and radiates the acoustic power ... in air.

OBS

These terms may refer either to a single radiator of sound, in which case "speaker unit" or "loudspeaker unit" (cf. Audio Encyclopedia, 1969, p. 1080) may also be used as synonyms; or to a set of such units in a single enclosure, including the accompanying circuitry and the enclosure itself. The United States of America Standards Institute standardizes "speaker" and "loudspeaker" in the first sense.

OBS

loudspeaker, speaker: terms standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission and the USA Standards Institute.

Key term(s)
  • LS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

[Appareil] électroacoustique [conçu] pour rayonner dans l'espace de l'énergie acoustique dans le domaine des fréquences audibles.

OBS

haut-parleur : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

OBS

haut-parleur élémentaire : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

Pluriel : des haut-parleurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
DEF

Aparato electroacústico propio para reproducir la voz y los sonidos en general.

CONT

Un altavoz funciona en cierto modo como un micrófono, pero en sentido inverso: la corriente eléctrica modulada por el micrófono obra sobre una membrana que, al oscilar, hace vibrar las moléculas del aire; estas crearán en el tímpano las sensaciones de los sonidos correspondientes.

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