pure tone

2.49  pure tone. Signal with a line spectrum consisting of a single frequency.

Annotation              See also 12.02.

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  • pure tone
    12.02  simple tone; pure tone; sine wave. Sound wave, the instantaneous sound pressure of which is a sinusoidal function of time. Annotation              See also 2.49.
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