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Bark scale

Bark scale proper noun: a psychoacoustic scale of frequency on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances.

Proper noun

the Bark scale

  1. A psychoacoustic scale of frequency on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances.

Origin of Bark scale

Proposed by Eberhard Zwicker in 1961, and named after Heinrich Barkhausen, who proposed the first subjective measurements of loudness.

Questions about Bark scale

What does Bark scale mean?
Bark scale means a psychoacoustic scale of frequency on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances.
What part of speech is Bark scale?
Bark scale is a proper noun.

Words near Bark scale in the dictionary

  1. bark mitzvahs
  2. bark mixture
  3. bark mixtures
  4. bark park
  5. bark parks
  6. Bark scale
  7. bark scorpion
  8. bark scorpions
  9. bark spud
  10. bark spuds
  11. bark up the wrong tree

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