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infrasound

infrasound

English

Noun

infrasound ‎(countable and uncountable, plural infrasounds)

(physics) Sound waves having a frequency below the human audible range (below about 20 Hz).

Translations

low-frequency sound waves

Catalan: infrasò m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 次声波 (zh), 次声
Finnish: infraääni (fi)
French: infrason (fr) m, infra-son (fr) m
German: Infraschall (de) m
Irish: infreafhuaim f

Japanese: 超低周波音 (ちょうていしゅうはおん, chōteishūhaon)
Malay: infrabunyi
Russian: инфразву́к (ru) m ‎(infrazvúk)
Spanish: infrasonido m

Related terms

infrasonic, infrasonics

Antonyms

ultrasound