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  2. Noise barrier - Wikipedia

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    The sound tube in Melbourne, Australia, designed to reduce roadway noise without detracting from the area's aesthetics. A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution.

  3. Noise, vibration, and harshness - Wikipedia

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    Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), also known as noise and vibration (N&V), is the study and modification of the noise and vibration characteristics of vehicles, particularly cars and trucks. While noise and vibration can be readily measured, harshness is a subjective quality, and is measured either via jury evaluations, or with analytical ...

  4. Noise control - Wikipedia

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    Industrial noise control is a subset of interior architectural control of noise, with emphasis on specific methods of sound isolation from industrial machinery and for protection of workers at their task stations. Sound masking is the active addition of noise to reduce the annoyance of certain sounds, the opposite of soundproofing.

  5. Cicadas are so noisy in a South Carolina county that ...

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    Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas ...

  6. Vehicle glass - Wikipedia

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    It includes windscreens, side and rear windows, and glass panel roofs. Vehicle glass is generally held in place by glass run channels, which also serve to contain fragments of glass if the glass breaks. Back glass is also called rear window glass, rear windshield, back shield, or rear glass. It is the piece of glass opposite the windshield.

  7. Factory tint - Wikipedia

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    The only alternative to getting the same benefits of window film is to install window film over the factory tint. There are clear window films for automotive use that will not further darken the factory tint. Many consumers attempt to match the privacy glass to their front windows and windshield when it is legal to do so in their local ...

  8. Noise regulation - Wikipedia

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    A typical noise ordinance sets forth clear definitions of acoustic nomenclature and defines categories of noise generation; then numerical standards are established, so that enforcement personnel can take the necessary steps of warnings, fines or other municipal police power to rectify unacceptable noise generation.

  9. Noise pollution - Wikipedia

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    The CityLink sound tube in Flemington, Melbourne, Australia, is designed to reduce roadway noise without detracting from the area's aesthetics. A man inserting an earplug in his ear to reduce the noise exposure. The Hierarchy of Controls concept is often used to reduce noise in the environment or the workplace. Engineering noise controls can be ...