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  2. Speed of sound - Wikipedia

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    If a sound source and two microphones are arranged in a straight line, with the sound source at one end, then the following can be measured: The distance between the microphones (x), called microphone basis. The time of arrival between the signals (delay) reaching the different microphones (t). Then v = x/t.

  3. Sound - Wikipedia

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    When sound is moving through a medium that does not have constant physical properties, it may be refracted (either dispersed or focused). [5] Spherical compression (longitudinal) waves. The mechanical vibrations that can be interpreted as sound can travel through all forms of matter: gases, liquids, solids, and plasmas.

  4. SOFAR channel - Wikipedia

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    The SOFAR channel (short for sound fixing and ranging channel), or deep sound channel (DSC), [1] is a horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which depth the speed of sound is at its minimum. The SOFAR channel acts as a waveguide for sound, and low frequency sound waves within the channel may travel thousands of miles before dissipating.

  5. Line-of-sight propagation - Wikipedia

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    Line of sight (LoS) propagation from an antenna. Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves can only travel in a direct visual path from the source to the receiver without obstacles. [1] Electromagnetic transmission includes light emissions traveling in a straight line.

  6. Wave - Wikipedia

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    One may even restrict to a point of the Cartesian line – that is, the set of real numbers. This is the case, for example, when studying vibrations in a violin string or recorder . The time t {\displaystyle t} , on the other hand, is always assumed to be a scalar ; that is, a real number.

  7. Circle - Wikipedia

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    A half-disc is a special case of a segment, namely the largest one. Tangent: a coplanar straight line that has one single point in common with a circle ("touches the circle at this point"). All of the specified regions may be considered as open, that is, not containing their boundaries, or as closed, including their respective boundaries.

  8. Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The same sound source is radiating sound waves at a constant frequency in the same medium. However, now the sound source is moving with a speed υ s = 0.7 c. Since the source is moving, the centre of each new wavefront is now slightly displaced to the right. As a result, the wave-fronts begin to bunch up on the right side (in front of) and ...

  9. Speeds of sound of the elements - Wikipedia

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    The speed of sound in any chemical element in the fluid phase has one temperature-dependent value. In the solid phase, different types of sound wave may be propagated, each with its own speed: among these types of wave are longitudinal (as in fluids), transversal, and (along a surface or plate) extensional.