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What is meant by the loudness of sound?

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Loudness is the quality of a sound that is the primary psychological correlate of physical strength (amplitude). It is a feeling, which is neither the sound pressure as field quantity nor the acoustic intensity as energy quantity.

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What is meant by intensity of sound how it is different from loudness?

loudness is the magnitude of wave of sound(the highest point reached by the wave). intensity is frequency of sound (that's how much a wave vibrates in 1 second)


What property of sound describes your awareness of the energy of a sound?

loudness


What is meant by the intensity of a sound?

The loudness has to do with the sound field quantity called sound pressure or sound pressure level (SPL). The sound intensity or acoustic intensity means the sound energy quantity.


What is the loudness of sound also known as?

The loudness of sound is also known as volume.


Is the loudness of a sound is called its intensity?

Yes the loudness of a sound is called its intensity.


What determines the loudness of a sound wave?

The amplitude determines the loudness of a sound wave.


What determines the loudness of sound waves?

The amplitude determines the loudness of a sound wave.


Loudness is the human perception of sound wave?

The amplitude of sound waves is what humans perceive as loudness.


What does the amplitude of a wave tell about a sound?

Amplitude is the maximum displacement of a wave. The amplitude determine the loudness of the sound


On what factor the loudness of sound depend upon?

The loudness of a sound depends on the amount of energy it takes to make the sound and the distance from the source of the sound.


What is the unit of the loudness of sound?

Loudness is the quality of a sound that is primarily a psychological correlate of physical strength or amplitude. You can try to measure the sound pressure in decibels. Scroll down to related links and look at "Loudness in sones - Wikipedia ", Loudness level in phon - Wikipedia ", and Subjectivly sensed loudness (volume), objectively measured sound pressure (voltage).


What units is the loudness of sound measured?

Units used to measure loudness are Sone (loudness N) and Phon (loudness level L). Scroll down to related links and look at "Loudness - Wikipedia" and "Sound level change and the change of the respective factor of volume and loudness"