acoustic noise environment

  • 1Noise (music) — Noise music Stylistic origins Modernism 20th century classical music Electronic art music Musique concrète Electroacoustic music Performance art Free improvisation Cultural origins Early 1910s Europe Typical instruments …

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  • 2Noise (acoustic) — Acoustic noise is any sound in the acoustic domain, either deliberate (music, speech, etc.) or unintended. It is important to recognise that the term noise is also used to refer to other, non audible forms, especially in electronics and in the… …

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  • 3Noise — This article is about noise as an unwanted phenomenon. For other uses, see Noise (disambiguation). NASA researchers at Glenn Research Center conducting tests on aircraft engine noise in 1967 In common use, the word noise means any unwanted …

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  • 4Acoustic cleaning — is used wherever there is a build up of dry materials and particulates which need to be cleaned regularly to ensure maximum efficiency and minimize maintenance and down time. An acoustic cleaner works by generating powerful sound waves which will …

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  • 5Noise mitigation — is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution. The main areas of noise mitigation or abatement are: transportation noise control, architectural design, and occupational noise control. Roadway noise and aircraft noise are the most pervasive… …

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  • 6Noise regulation — includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972,[1] other local and state… …

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  • 7Acoustic ecology — Acoustic ecology, Sometimes called soundscape ecology, is the relationship, mediated through sound, between living beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 1960s with R. Murray Schafer and his team at Simon… …

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  • 8Noise map — A noise map is a graphic representation of the sound level distribution existing in a given region, for a defined period. Contents 1 Directive 2002/49/EC 2 Production of noise maps 3 Noise mapping using simulation tools …

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  • 9Noise pollution — A Boeing 747 400 passes close to houses shortly before landing at London Heathrow Airport Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life …

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  • 10acoustic ecology — (uh.KOO.stik i.KAWL.uh.jee) n. The study of the relationship between living organisms and their sonic environment. acoustic ecological adj. Example Citations: More than a defensive tactic to fight noise pollution or block out sound, acoustic… …

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