Since in oral languages the elements of sound are for the most part produced linearly in time ( that is, in a word like cat the a sound comes after the c sound, and the t sound comes after that ), they can generally be easily written in a linear ( one-dimensional ) writing system such as an alphabet.

This is not to be confused with the so-called overdrive distortion that tube amplifiers exhibit when driven beyond their linear region ( known as tube sound ).

The wave equation is an important second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves.

The English style was considered to have a sweeter sound, and was better suited to polyphony in that it offered greater linear flexibility in part-writing.

The linear speed of film through the projector and sound playback both remain exactly the same as in normal 2D operation.

Some effects may include a general change in consciousness, mild euphoria, feelings of general well-being, relaxation or stress reduction, enhanced recollection of episodic memory, hunger, increased sensuality, increased awareness of sensation, creative or philosophical thinking, disruption of linear memory, paranoia, agitation, and anxiety, potentiation of other psychedelics, and increased awareness of sound, patterns and color.

They can be designed and built so that they have a linear phase response, which is thought desirable by many involved in sound reproduction.

Over longer distances a shock wave can change from a nonlinear wave into a linear wave, degenerating into a conventional sound wave as it heats the air and loses energy.

Quad employed a transverse ( scanning the tape across its width ) four-head system on a two-inch ( 5. 08 cm ) tape, and linear heads for the sound track.

Different musical notes are made in seclusion, rather than in a linear sequence, giving a sound texture similar to pointillism.

Without AGC, an AM radio would have a linear relationship between the signal amplitude and the sound waveform – the sound amplitude, which correlates with loudness, is proportional to the radio signal amplitude, because the information content of the signal is carried by the changes of amplitude of the carrier wave.

Much of the Leslie's unique tone is due to the fact that the system is at least partially enclosed, whereby linear louvres along the sides and front of the unit can vent the sound from within the box after the sound has bounced around inside, mellowing it ..

Strayhorn brought a more linear, classically schooled ear to Ellington ’ s works, setting down in permanent form the sound and structures that Ellington sought.

# There is also the possibility to have a linear sound structure, where sound develops in the same way as in a musical composition.

In sound processing, the mel-frequency cepstrum ( MFC ) is a representation of the short-term power spectrum of a sound, based on a linear cosine transform of a log power spectrum on a nonlinear mel scale of frequency.

Though linear stereo sound was available on some models, both VHS and Betamax were offering hifi stereo sound with near-CD quality by the mid 1980s.

New digital soundtracks introduced since the 1990s include Dolby Digital, which is stored between the perforations on the sound side ; SDDS, stored in two redundant strips along the outside edges ( beyond the perforations ); and DTS, in which sound data is stored on separate compact discs synchronized by a timecode track stored on the film just to the right of the analog soundtrack and left of the frame.

By the late 20th century, particularly in the realm of sound synthesizers and digital recording, the click track became computerized and synchronizing different instruments became more complex, whereupon the click track was largely supplanted by SMPTE timecode.

Before the adoption of timecode by the motion picture industry in the late 1980s, pilottone-sync was the basis of all professional magnetic motion picture sound recording systems, whereas most amateur film formats used pre-striped magnetic coating on the film itself for live-sound recording.

One of my virtues or vices is a sort of three-dimensional imagination complete with sound effects and glorious living color.

that theory was and is sound.

That such expansion can be obtained without a raise in taxes is due to growth of the tax digest and sound fiscal planning on the part of the board of commissioners, headed by Chairman Charles O. Emmerich who is demonstrating that the public trust he was given was well placed, and other county officials.

And then there is St. Louis county, where the Democratic leadership has shown little appreciation of the need for sound zoning, of the important relationship between proper land use and economic growth.

There's more reading and instruction to be heard on discs than ever before, although the spoken rather than the sung word is as old as Thomas Alva Edison's first experiment in recorded sound.

Your suggested solution, it seems to me, is grossly oversimplified and is inconsistent with your generally realistic attitude toward, and endorsement of, sound planning.

Where then is the sound planning and cooperation between agencies within the community that you have called for in other editorials??

He says that if he were to express to you, once again, his own profound determination to go to the Mainland, and his faith that that return is feasible, he would merely sound redundant.

Through the SBA's Management Counseling Program, practical, personalized advice on sound management principles is available upon request to both prospective and established businessmen in a community.

It is a sound investment.

Another example is the recent cancellation of the F-108, a long-range interceptor with a speed three times as great as the speed of sound, which was designed for use against manned bombers in the period of the mid-1960's.

Essentially, the question presented for decision in the present Daytime Skywave proceeding is whether our decision ( in 1938-1939 ) to assign stations on the basis of daytime conditions from sunrise to sunset, is sound as a basis for AM allocations, or whether, in the light of later developments and new understanding, skywave transmission is of such significance during the hours immediately before sunset and after sunrise that this condition should be taken into account, and some stations required to afford protection to other stations during these hours.

Aeschbacher's work is very much akin to Schnabel's, but the sound on his Decca disc is dated, and you will have a hard time locating a copy of it.

Telefunken has accorded him beautiful sound, and this bargain-priced disc ( it sells for $2.98 ) is worthy of consideration.

Yet it is the accumulation of distortion, the fitting together of fractional bits until the total reaches the threshold of our awareness, that makes records sound like records.

He is going sound again now, and looks good.

The travel time of sound in tissue is about 1500 meters per second ; ;

He believes that this is a sound approach to gas competition in builder developments where gas is available.

The sound mockery of sheep is like the salubrious horse laugh ''.

" At this point, the Inquisition — consisting of Cardinal Ximénez ( Michael Palin ), and his assistants Cardinal Biggles ( Terry Jones ), and Cardinal Fang ( Terry Gilliam )— burst into the room to the sound of a jarring musical sting.

If the syahi is allowed to harden without rubbing it continuously, pockets of solidity would be left in the layers and distort the tone and also result in breakage of the grains from the layers within a short span, resulting in a jarring rattling sound during playing.

The concerto's wild temperament left a positive impression on some of the listeners, whereas others were opposed to the jarring and modernistic sound (" To hell with this futurist music!

* the sudden change in sound level can be jarring to the listener.

Songs featured jarring shifts in tempo and mood, with the overall sound being extremely raw, heavy and often slow.

These incidents merely resulted in a jarring " bump " sound effect and an animation of the character crouching and rubbing their head, as if recovering from a nasty knock, rather than any gruesome or graphic injury.