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audio frequency

n. Abbr. AF
A range of frequencies, usually from 15 hertz to 20,000 hertz, characteristic of signals audible to the normal human ear.
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audio frequency

n
(General Physics) a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
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au′dio fre`quency


n.
a frequency between 15 Hz and 20,000 Hz, within the range of normally audible sound.
[1910–15]
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Noun 1. audio frequency - an audible acoustic wave frequencyaudio frequency - an audible acoustic wave frequency
frequence, frequency, oftenness - the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older"
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When objects vibrate within our audible frequency range (20Hz to 20kHz), such as the strings on a guitar, they set the air molecules around them in motion.
The human ear can respond to minute pressure variations in the air if they are in the audible frequency range, roughly 20 Hz - 20 kHz.

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