diffracted wave

5.46  diffracted wave. Wave for which the front has been changed in direction by an obstacle or other nonhomogeneity in a medium, other than by reflection or...

diffraction

5.45  diffraction. Process that produces a diffracted...

specular reflection

5.44  specular reflection. Phenomenon by which a sound wave is reflected from a surface separating two media at an angle from the normal equal to the angle of...

acoustic refraction

5.43  acoustic refraction. Process by which the direction of sound propagation is changed by spatial variation of the speed of sound in the...

acoustic dispersion

5.42  acoustic dispersion. Change of speed of sound with frequency. Unit, meter per second per hertz,...