单词 | pure tone |
释义 | > as lemmaspure tone c. Of sound: not discordant or harsh, perfectly in tune, clear and even in tone; (Music and Acoustics) produced by a vibration of a single frequency, with no overtones or harmonics; chiefly in pure tone (cf. simple tone n. at simple adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > pure or clear brightOE silver1526 silvered1642 purea1791 silvery1824 pellucid1952 the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [noun] > simple tone simple tone1864 partial1873 pure tone1902 tone1919 sine tone1962 the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [adjective] > of single frequency pure tone1961 a1791 F. Hopkinson Misc. Ess. & Occas. Writings (1792) I. 289 A substance..sufficiently elastic for the purpose..shall draw a full and pure tone from the string [of a harpsichord]. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 104 She has a beautiful voice—neither strong nor weak, but very pure and good in the intonation. 1870 Nature 3 Mar. 458/2 This interval should, therefore, give no beats, and an impure octave be as harmonious as a pure one. 1889 J. Lecky in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 70/2 If..all the consonant intervals are made perfectly smooth and pure, so as to give no beats, the tuning is then called Just Intonation. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 751/2 Considerable difference of opinion exists as to whether beats can blend so as to give a sensation of tone; but König, by using very pure tones of high pitch, appears to have settled the question. 1961 Lancet 22 July 197/2 Pure-tone audiometry is only one item in a whole range of tests that are needed to build up a complete picture of the condition of a patient who has a hearing-loss. 1976 L. H. Schaudinischky Sound, Man & Building i. 30 The beat grows progressively lower and vanishes altogether when f1 = f2. This gives rise to a method of extremely accurately determining the unknown frequency of a pure tone. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 12 Aug. (Features) 5 What you often get with these northern orchestras is a weighty, pure bass sound. < as lemmas |
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