infrasound

English

Etymology

infra- +‎ sound

Noun

infrasound (countable and uncountable, plural infrasounds)

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

Antonyms

ultrasound

Related terms

infrasonic, infrasonics

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
Georgian: ინფრაბგერა (inprabgera)

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

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