vibration isolation

4.24  vibration isolation. Reduction in the capacity of a system to respond to excitation, attained by use of a resilient support. In steady-state forced vibration, isolation is expressed quantitatively as the inverse of transmissibility.

Annotation              See also 10.67.

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    10.67  vibration isolation. Reduction achieved in the ability of a system to vibrate in response to a mechanical oscillation through the use of a resilient coupling. Annotation              See also 4.24.
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