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VERTICAL DEFINITION [2 records]

Record 1 2007-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Music (General)
DEF

The degree to which sounds [e.g. from musical instruments] that occur simultaneously are heard separately.

OBS

Composers specify vertical definition by choosing simultaneous tones and their relation to the tones surrounding them, and the choice of instruments on which they are played.

OBS

definition: In concert hall acoustics, definition, like clarity, refers to the degree to which individual strands in a musical presentation can be differentiated from each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Séparation de deux instruments de musique jouant simultanément.

OBS

La définition verticale est gouvernée par des caractéristiques s'apparentant à la définition horizontale ainsi que par l'enveloppe et le timbre des instruments.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

--the number of distinct horizontal lines, alternately black and white, that can be seen in the reproduced image of a television or facsimile test pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

on appelle -- d'une image, le plus grand nombre de bandes horizontales alternativement blanches et noires que l'on peut transmettre et distinguer.

Spanish

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