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Glossary of Audio Terms 25

Inductance. The property of an electrical circuit by which

a varying current in it produces a varying magnetic field

that introduces voltages in the same circuit or in a nearby

circuit. It is measured in henrys.

Inductor. A device designed primarily to introduce induc-

tance into an electrical circuit. Sometimes called a choke

or coil.

Linearity. The extent to which any signal handling process

is accomplished without amplitude distortion.

Midrange. The middle frequencies where the ear is the

most sensitive.

Passive crossover. Uses no active components (transistors,

IC’s, tubes) and needs no power supply (AC, DC, battery)

to operate. The crossover in a typical loudspeaker is of the

passive variety. Passive crossovers consist of capacitors,

inductors and resistors.

Phase. The amount by which one sine wave leads or lags

a second wave of the same frequency. The difference is

described by the term phase angle. Sine waves in phase

reinforce each other; those out of phase cancel.

Pink noise. A random noise used in measurements, as it

has the same amount of energy in each octave.

Polarity. The condition of being positive or negative with

respect to some reference point or object.

RMS. Abbreviation for root mean square. The effective value

of a given waveform is its RMS value. Acoustic power is

proportional to the square of the RMS sound pressure.

Resistance. That property of a conductor by which it opposes

the flow of electric current, resulting in the generation of

heat in the conducting material, usually expressed in ohms.

Resistor. A device used in a circuit to provide resistance.

Resonance. The effect produced when the natural vibra-

tion frequency of a body is greatly amplified by reinforcing

vibrations at the same or nearly the same frequency from

another body.

Sensitivity. The volume of sound delivered for a given

electrical input.

Stator. The fixed part forming the reference for the moving

diaphragm in a planar speaker.

THD. The abbreviation for total harmonic distortion. (See

Distortion)

TIM. The abbreviation for transient intermodulation distortion.

Transducer. Any of various devices that transmit energy

from one system to another, sometimes one that converts

the energy in form. Loudspeaker transducers convert elec-

trical energy into mechanical motion.

Transient. Applies to that which lasts or stays but a short

time. A change from one steady-state condition to another.

Tweeter. A small drive unit designed to reproduce only

high frequencies.

Wavelength. The distance measured in the direction of

progression of a wave, from any given point characterized

by the same phase.

White noise. A random noise used in measurements, as it

has the same amount of energy at each frequency.

Woofer. A drive unit operating in the bass frequencies only.

Drive units in two-way systems are not true woofers but

are more accurately described as being mid/bass drivers.

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