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BRUIT MASQUANT [3 records]

Record 1 2002-11-22

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Graphique sur lequel sont inscrites, en fonction de la fréquence, les élévations du seuil d’audition en présence d’un son ou d’un bruit masquant déterminé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-05-06

English

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

the process by which the threshold of audibility for one sound is raised by the presence of another (masking) sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

(...) procédé par lequel on élève le seuil d’audition d’un bruit en le mettant en présence d’un autre bruit dit "masquant". On produit ainsi un effet de masque.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

In audiology, ... the process by which a sound of a particular frequency is rendered inaudible by a louder sound the frequency spectrum of which includes the frequency of the occluded or masked sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
OBS

Il existe différentes techniques d’assourdissement, comme :bruit masquant, jet de gaz.(Encycl. méd.-chir. ORL, 035, A10, 5)

Spanish

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