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  2. Sone - Wikipedia

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    According to Stevens' definition, a loudness of 1 sone is equivalent to 40 phons (a 1 kHz tone at 40 dB SPL). [1] The phons scale aligns with dB, not with loudness, so the sone and phon scales are not proportional. Rather, the loudness in sones is, at least very nearly, a power law function of the signal intensity, with an exponent of 0.3.

  3. Orders of magnitude (illuminance) - Wikipedia

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    Factor ()Multiple Value Item 0 0 lux 0 lux Absolute darkness 10 −4: 100 microlux 100 microlux: Starlight overcast moonless night sky [1]: 140 microlux: Venus at brightest [1]: 200 microlux

  4. Loudness - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal axis shows frequency in Hertz. In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure.More formally, it is defined as the "attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". [1]

  5. Terahertz radiation - Wikipedia

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    Terahertz waves lie mostly at the far end of the infrared band, the longest ones in the microwave band. Terahertz radiation – also known as submillimeter radiation, terahertz waves, tremendously high frequency [1] (THF), T-rays, T-waves, T-light, T-lux or THz – consists of electromagnetic waves within the International Telecommunication Union-designated band of frequencies from 0.1 to 10 ...

  6. Sound power - Wikipedia

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    Sound power or acoustic power is the rate at which sound energy is emitted, reflected, transmitted or received, per unit time. [1] It is defined [2] as "through a surface, the product of the sound pressure, and the component of the particle velocity, at a point on the surface in the direction normal to the surface, integrated over that surface."

  7. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    Visible light is an electromagnetic wave, consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields traveling through space. The frequency of the wave determines its color: 400 THz ( 4 × 10 14 Hz) is red light, 800 THz ( 8 × 10 14 Hz ) is violet light, and between these (in the range 400–800 THz) are all the other colors of the visible spectrum .

  8. Foucault's measurements of the speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The light reflected back from the spherical mirrors is diverted by beam splitter g towards an eyepiece O. If mirror m is stationary, both images of the slit reflected by M and M' reform at position α. If mirror m is rapidly rotating, light reflected from M forms an image of the slit at α' while light reflected from M' forms an image of the ...

  9. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) - Wikipedia

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    A white light source—emitting light of multiple wavelengths—is focused on a sample (the pairs of complementary colors are indicated by the yellow dotted lines). Upon striking the sample, photons that match the energy gap of the molecules present (green light in this example) are absorbed, exciting the molecules. Other photons are scattered ...