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ACOUSTIC CENTRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

Areas of the superior temporal gyrus essential for recognition of words.

CONT

Malvin C. Teich ... is widely recognized for having discovered the fractal nature of the sequence of action potentials that carries information from the cochlea to higher auditory centers in the brain.

Key term(s)
  • acoustic centre
  • auditory centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Chacun des centres du névraxe échelonnés sur le trajet des voies auditives.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

The point in space of the origin of sound.

OBS

For a sound emitting transducer (e.g. a loudspeaker), the point from which the spherical waves appear to diverge as observed at remote points.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Point dans l'espace correspondant au commencement d'une onde sonore.

OBS

Dans le cas d'un haut-parleur le centre acoustique représente le milieu de la membrane, point d'origine des ondes sphériques concentriques.

Spanish

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