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Sound Reinforcement Terms

Audio Frequency

The rate of air pressure fluctuation

(Davis, Davis, Jones & Corporation, Y. I., 1989, p. 237)

 

Decibel

The unit used to measure the intensity of a sound

(What is a decibel, and how is it measured? (2018, April 30))

 

Audio Wavelength

The speed of sound frequency

(Davis, Davis, Jones & Corporation, Y. I., 1989, p. 249)

 

Hertz

The universal unit of measure of cycles of sound wave cycles per second

(Eargle & Foreman, 2002, p. 5)

 

(Eargle & Foreman, 2002, p. 5)

 

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