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  2. Ambient noise level - Wikipedia

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    This is because 20 μPa is the faintest sound the human ear can detect. [5] A pascal is a newton per square meter. The centimeter-gram-second system of units, the reference sound pressure for measuring ambient noise level is 0.0002 dyn/cm 2, or 0.00002 N/m 2. [6]

  3. Noise pollution - Wikipedia

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    Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with potential harmful effects on humans and animals. The source of outdoor noise worldwide ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (data) - Wikipedia

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    4,976,640 bits – one frame of uncompressed PAL DVD video (720 × 576 × 12 bpp Y'CbCr) 5,000,000 bits – Typical English book volume in plain text format of 500 pages × 2000 characters per page and 5-bits per character. 5,242,880 bits (640 kibibytes) – the maximum addressable memory of the original IBM PC architecture megabyte (MB)

  5. Noise measurement - Wikipedia

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    One of the definitions of noise covers all "unwanted sounds". [2] When sound levels reach a high enough intensity , the sound, whether it is wanted or unwanted, may be damaging to hearing. [ 3 ] Environmental noise monitoring is the measurement of noise in an outdoor environment caused by transport (e.g. motor vehicles, aircraft, and trains ...

  6. Environmental noise - Wikipedia

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    Environmental noise is an accumulation of noise pollution that occurs outside. This noise can be caused by transport, industrial, and recreational activities. [1] Noise is frequently described as 'unwanted sound'. Within this context, environmental noise is generally present in some form in all areas of human, animal, or environmental activity.

  7. Speed of sound - Wikipedia

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    The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. More simply, the speed of sound is how fast vibrations travel. At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound in air, is about 343 m/s (1,125 ft/s; 1,235 km/h; 767 mph; 667 kn), or 1 km in 2.91 s or one mile in 4.69 s.

  8. Background noise - Wikipedia

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    Background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound). Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference . Background noise is an important concept in setting noise levels.

  9. Category:Noise pollution - Wikipedia

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