GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
sound propagation
Definition

The travelling of acoustic waves in the atmosphere with a speed independent of their amplitude. The speed only depends on the acoustic medium and is proportional to the square route of the absolute temperature for any given medium.

Related terms
Broader:
Other relations
    Wikipedia article:
  • Sound
Scope note

Scope note is not available.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7942