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IMPULSIVE NOISE [8 records]

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Record 1 2024-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

Impact noise is created by the impact of one surface on another and is of a short duration.

OBS

Impact noise is different from impulsive noise because impulsive noise is typically an air noise that has a short duration, such as the shooting of a firearm or the explosion of a firework.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par le bruit
CONT

Les bruits d'impact («impact noise»), vibrations matérielles ou solidiennes, sont ceux créés à l'origine par le contact entre deux corps solides […]

Key term(s)
  • bruit de chocs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación acústica
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Record 2 2023-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Security
  • The Ear
CONT

The impulse peak insertion loss(IPIL) is the standard measure of attenuation provided by hearing protection devices... in response to an impulsive noise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Sécurité
  • Oreille

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

Impulse noise is a category of (acoustic) noise which includes unwanted, almost instantaneous (thus impulse-like) sharp sounds (like clicks and pops). Noises of the kind are usually caused by electromagnetic interference, scratches on the recording disks, gunfire, explosions and ill synchronization in digital recording and communication.

OBS

Impact noise is created by the impact of one surface on another and is of a short duration. Impulsive noise is typically an air noise that has a short duration, such as the shooting of a firearm or the explosion of a firework.

OBS

impulsive noise : term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee(CUTEL).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Pollution par le bruit
DEF

Bruit consistant en des émissions sonores brusques et de très courte durée.

CONT

Un bruit impulsionnel isolé dure généralement moins d'une seconde. Exemples : explosions, armes à feu, martelage, claquement de portière de voiture, jeux de ballons à l'extérieur, etc.

OBS

bruit impulsif : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Contaminación acústica
DEF

Señal perturbadora que se caracteriza por tener un efecto interferente excesivamente amplio sobre un período de tiempo relativamente corto pero finito.

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Record 4 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

An impulse characteristic is included in some sound level meters. It responds rapidly to increasing levels and slowly to decreasing levels. It gives a higher level reading for impulse-type sounds than will an ordinary sound level meter using fast or slow time averaging. However, if all three are used to measure a noise which does not vary in level, the same reading will be obtained. The impulse characteristic is sometimes used for measuring the noise of punch presses, gun shots, and similar sources of impulsive sounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par le bruit
OBS

détermination des moyennes; calcul des moyennes : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’environnement» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radio Interference
DEF

The limitation, by means of an incorporated device, of the response of a receiver to impulsive radio noise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Perturbations radio
DEF

Limitation, par un dispositif incorporé à un récepteur, de l'effet des transitoires d'amplitude d'origine extérieure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
  • Perturbaciones radioeléctricas
DEF

Limitación, por medio de un dispositivo incorporado, de la respuesta de un receptor al ruido de radio impulsivo.

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Record 6 1987-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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Record 7 1983-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

(...) the effect of noise depends on characteristics of the ADF receiver(...) and also on the nature of the noise(e. g. steady noise, impulsive noise).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

(...) l'influence des parasites dépend des caractéristiques du récepteur du radiogoniomètre automatique (...) ainsi que de la nature des parasites (bruit à spectre continu, bruit erratique, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 8 1982-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A presentation of impulsive noise data in terms of its basic parameters of spectrum amplitude and impulse rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Présentation des données sur le bruit impulsif, d'après ses paramètres fondamentaux d'amplitude du spectre et des taux d'impulsions.

Spanish

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