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  2. Scientific pitch - Wikipedia

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    Scientific pitch, also known as philosophical pitch, Sauveur pitch or Verdi tuning, is an absolute concert pitch standard which is based on middle C (C 4) being set to 256 Hz rather than ~ 261.63 Hz, [a] making it ~ 31.77 cents lower than the common A440 pitch standard.

  3. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    Frequency is an important parameter used in science and engineering to specify the rate of oscillatory and vibratory phenomena, such as mechanical vibrations, audio signals , radio waves, and light. For example, if a heart beats at a frequency of 120 times per minute (2 hertz), the period—the time interval between beats—is half a second (60 ...

  4. Radio frequency - Wikipedia

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    Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, ...

  5. Cymatics - Wikipedia

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    The only thing that changes due to the vibration is the arrangement of the sand. The image formed by the sand, in turn, is influenced by the frequency spectrum of the vibration only because each vibration mode is characterized by a specific frequency.

  6. Schumann resonances - Wikipedia

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    The global electromagnetic resonance phenomenon is named after physicist Winfried Otto Schumann who predicted it mathematically in 1952. Schumann resonances are the principal background in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum [2] from 3 Hz through 60 Hz [3] and appear as distinct peaks at extremely low frequencies around 7.83 Hz (fundamental), 14.3, 20.8, 27.3, and 33.8 Hz.

  7. Second-harmonic generation - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] In addition, in non-centrosymmetric crystals belonging to crystallographic point group 432, SHG is not possible [6] and under Kleinman's conditions SHG in 422 and 622 point groups should vanish, [7] although some exceptions exist. [8] In some cases, almost 100% of the light energy can be converted to the second-harmonic frequency.

  8. Atomic clock - Wikipedia

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    The output frequency of the VCXO (typically 5 MHz) is multiplied by a frequency synthesizer to obtain microwaves at the frequency of the caesium atomic hyperfine transition (about 9 192.6317 MHz). The output of the frequency synthesizer is amplified and applied to a chamber containing caesium gas which absorbs the microwaves.

  9. Spectrum (physical sciences) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Soon the term referred to a plot of light intensity or power as a function of frequency or wavelength, also known as a spectral density plot. Later it expanded to apply to other waves, such as sound waves and sea waves that could also be measured as a function of frequency (e.g., noise spectrum, sea wave spectrum).