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pistonphone

noun

an acoustical calibrator (sound source) that uses a closed coupling volume to generate a precise sound pressure for the calibration of measurement microphones.

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Word length
11
Starts with
P
Ends with
E
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
18
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. an acoustical calibrator (sound source) that uses a closed coupling volume to generate a precise sound pressure for the calibration of measurement microphones.

    “{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': 'Pistonphones are highly dependent on ambient pressure (always requiring a correction to ambient pressure conditions) and are generally only made to reproduce low frequencies (for practical reasons), typically 250 Hz.'}”

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{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': 'Pistonphones are highly dependent on ambient pressure (always requiring a correction to ambient pressure conditions) and are generally only made to reproduce low frequencies (for practical reasons), typically 250 Hz.'}
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