ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013, published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is the current American National Standard on Acoustical Terminology.[1] ANSI S1.1 was first published in 1960 and has its roots in a 1942 standard published by the American Standards Association, the predecessor of ANSI.[2] It includes the following sections
- Scope
- General
- Levels
- Oscillation, vibration, and shock
- Transmission and propagation
- Transducers and linear systems
- Acoustical apparatus and instruments
- Underwater acoustics
- Sonics and ultrasonic testing
- Architectural acoustics
- Physiological and psychological acoustics
- Musical acoustics
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edit- ^ "AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD Acoustical Terminology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ^ Ainslie, M. A. A Century of Sonar: Planetary Oceanography, Underwater Noise Monitoring, and the Terminology of Underwater Sound. Acoustics Today (February, 2015)