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DUREE REVERBERATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-13

English

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

The time, in seconds, required for the decay of the average sound intensity in an auditorium over an amplitude range of 1 million, or 60 dB, there being no emission of sound power during this decay.

Key term(s)
  • period of reverberation

French

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

Pour une fréquence donnée, en un point donné, intervalle de temps correspondant à une décroissance de 60 dB du niveau d'intensité acoustique, lorsque le taux de décroissance est à peu près constant au cours de la réverbération. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation].

OBS

temps de réverbération; durée de réverbération : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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