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Measuring How Loud Sound Is

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Sound intensity helps describe how loud a sound source is. It depends on how energetically the source vibrates, because those vibrations make the molecules in the medium vibrate as well.

Intensity is the energy emitted per unit time per unit area. The area must be perpendicular to the direction t...

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声音的响度与人耳对其产生的感知有关。它取决于声源振动的剧烈程度。

响度由一个物理量——强度来描述。声源的强度定义为声源在单位面积上垂直于传播方向所发射的功率。

通常情况下,功率随时间波动。因此,强度被定义为单位垂直面积上的平均功率。

功率的国际单位制单位是瓦特,面积的国际单位制单位是平方米。因此,强度的国际单位制单位是瓦特每平方米。

如果声源向各个方向均匀地发射声波,则与传播方向垂直的面积即为包围声源的球体表面积。因此,声强随距离的平方成反比衰减。

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