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PRESSURE SENSITIVITY [2 records]

Record 1 2003-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

Of a microphone ... the ratio of the output e.m.f. to the actual sound pressure // ratio of the voltage ... across the load resistance ... to the actual sound pressure ... over the region ... designed to receive sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Pour un microphone [...] quotient de la f.e.m. aux bornes par la pression acoustique sur son diaphragme [...] quotient de la tension aux bornes d'une résistance [...] par la pression acoustique sur son diaphragme.

Key term(s)
  • efficacité intrinsèque

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Audio Technology
  • Telephone Metering
OBS

--the ratio of the electrical output, measured in a specified manner, to the sound pressure existing at the surface of the diaphragm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Téléphonométrie
OBS

Dans un microphone sensible à la pression.

Spanish

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