INTERDISCIPLINARY THEMATIC SEARCH ENGINE


The subject matter of this document is organized according to various themes, the first five of which are traced through various subdisciplines, each of which treats the theme differently. The relevant terms for each theme and each discipline are grouped together. The themes are:

Analytical dimensions of sound:
Magnitude

Vibration

Levels of acoustic interaction:

Sound - Medium Interface

Sound - Environment Interaction

Sound - Sound Interaction

Specific subdisciplines:

Audiology and Hearing Loss

Noise Measurement Systems

Electroacoustic and Tape Studio Terms

Linguistics and Speech Acoustics

Communications Theory


The principal discipline which is the "home" for each term is indicated by its background pattern, as follows:

Acoustics
Psychoacoustics
Soundscape
Noise
Electroacoustics
Linguistics
Audiology
Music
Communications

Terms that are found in more than one discipline are indicated as follows:

Acoustics / Electroacoustics


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