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A digital audio format(MPEG layer 3), that uses a high level of compression with little loss in sound quality.  4, record 1, English, - MP3%20format

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The MP3 format is extraordinarily popular because of its near CD-quality playback at tiny file sizes. You can download these files from numerous MP3 sites for playback from the desktop or portable MP3 players.  4, record 1, English, - MP3%20format

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MP3: Motion Picture Experts Group, Audio Layer 3.  5, record 1, English, - MP3%20format

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Format de compression de données audio stockant le son avec un ratio de compression de 1 à 10 sans perte audible de qualité sonore.  5, record 1, French, - format%20de%20compression%20musicale%20MP3

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[...] on parle énormément du format de compression musicale MP3 qui permet de télécharger des morceaux de musique sur Internet. Ce format n'est pas illicite en soi, il peut être utilisé pour compresser ses propres disques et pour son usage personnel. Par contre, contrairement à ce qui est dit ici et là, la mise à disposition du public d'œuvres musicales est prohibée sauf autorisation des ayants droit (auteurs, éditeurs, producteurs, interprètes). Le simple fait de détenir de tels fichiers sans avoir acquis le support original (CD, cassette...) est un délit.  6, record 1, French, - format%20de%20compression%20musicale%20MP3

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[Ce] système de compression [est] utilisé pour télécharger des fichiers musicaux d'Internet vers un PC ou un lecteur MP3.  7, record 1, French, - format%20de%20compression%20musicale%20MP3

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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A sound intermediate between vesicular and bronchial breathing, normally heard at the manubrium sterni and in the upper interscapular region. In other parts of the lung, bronchovesicular breathing indicates a small degree of pulmonary consolidation or compression.  2, record 2, English, - bronchovesicular%20breathing

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bronchovesicular breathing: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.  3, record 2, English, - bronchovesicular%20breathing

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Sifflement laryngé modérément atténué qui lui donne un caractère auscultatoire intermédiaire entre le bruit laryngé et le murmure vésiculaire. On l'entend en parasternal et entre les omoplates.  1, record 2, French, - murmure%20broncho%2Dv%C3%A9siculaire

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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A ram accelerator is a gun that utilizes ramjet compression to accelerate a projectile to extremely high speeds. In a normal ramjet, air is compressed for combustion between a spike-shaped ram and an outer casing. In a ram accelerator, a similar shaped ram is fired(often from a conventional gun) into the accelerator barrel, causing compression between the projectile and the barrel' s walls. The barrel contains a fuel-air mixture. As the ram compresses the mixture, it is ignited behind it. In a typical ram accelerator design, thin membranes designed to be easily punctured by the ram wall off sections of the barrel. Each section is filled with a different fuel-air mixture chosen so that later sections have higher speeds of sound. As such, the ram can be maintained at optimal speeds of mach 3–5(relative to the mixture that it travels through) during its entire acceleration period.  2, record 3, English, - ram%20accelerator

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A series of waves [travelling in] the same direction.  4, record 4, English, - wave%20train

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In a train of sound waves in air the distance from one compression peak to the next... is called the wavelength of that sound.  3, record 4, English, - wave%20train

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Ensemble d'ondes se propageant simultanément dans la même direction, sans déformation.  3, record 4, French, - train%20d%27ondes

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La propagation se fait dans toutes les directions à partir du point d'impact. Par analogie avec les rides qui se créent sur l'eau à la suite d'un ébranlement, on dit que la propagation dans le milieu se fait sous forme de trains d'ondes acoustiques.  2, record 4, French, - train%20d%27ondes

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train d'ondes : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR.  4, record 4, French, - train%20d%27ondes

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Grupo de ondas que se repite siempre igual.  1, record 4, Spanish, - tren%20de%20ondas

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El radar emite trenes de ondas.  1, record 4, Spanish, - tren%20de%20ondas

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Thermoacoustics is the study of the thermoacoustic effect and the attempt to harness the effect as a useful heat engine. A thermoacoustic refrigerator uses the thermoacoustic effect to move heat with sound. … Thermoacoustic refrigerators … use inert gasses which are both readily available, inexhaustible, and completely environmentally benign! And, because they can utilize waste heat as an energy source, they are extremely environmentally friendly. In addition, since thermoacoustic refrigerators do not use the compressors, lubricants, sliding seals, and other gizmos present in vapor compression refrigerators, the thermoacoustic refrigerator should be more reliable. In fact, a heat driven refrigerator does not need any moving parts in the refrigeration cycle! Finally, since thermoacoustic systems tend to work at higher frequencies and at single frequencies, noise and vibration control is actually easier than for a conventional refrigerator-so thermoacoustic refrigerators should be even quieter than the refrigerators of today.  1, record 5, English, - thermoacoustic%20refrigerator

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Frigo écologique. Steve Garrett, un physicien américain [...], [a mis] au point un réfrigérateur thermoacoustique, dans lequel la chaleur est pompée par l'action d'ondes sonores de forte intensité sur un gaz. Découvert au début des années 80, cet effet de réfrigération thermoacoustique a permis à Garrett [...] de construire un premier prototype [...]. L'avantage de ces frigos d'un nouveau type : ils ne font pas appel aux gaz CFC, considérés comme nuisibles pour la couche d'ozone.  1, record 5, French, - r%C3%A9frig%C3%A9rateur%20thermoacoustique

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Se diseñó y construyó un refrigerador termoacústico piloto cuya onda de sonido es suministrada por una máquina térmica termoacústica (TADTAR-1) con el fin de obtener experiencia en la construcción de este tipo de dispositivos.  1, record 5, Spanish, - refrigerador%20termoac%C3%BAstico

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The psycho-acoustic phenomenon of human hearing where what can be heard is affected by the components of the sound.  2, record 6, English, - auditory%20masking

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For example, a loud sound will mask a soft sound close to it in frequency. Audio compression systems such as Dolby Digital and MPEG audio use auditory masking as their basis and only code what can be heard by the human ear.  2, record 6, English, - auditory%20masking

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The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.  3, record 6, English, - auditory%20masking

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Phénomène psycho-acoustique de l'oreille humaine selon lequel ce que l'on entend est affecté par les composantes du son.  2, record 6, French, - masquage%20auditif

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Ainsi un son fort masquera un son doux dont la fréquence s'en rapproche. Les systèmes de compression sonore tels que le Dolby numérique ou MPEG Audio ont élevé leurs normes à celles du masquage auditif en ne codant que ce que l'oreille humaine peut entendre.  2, record 6, French, - masquage%20auditif

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

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A sound compression routine that compresses the 6 channel soundtrack from movies into a single digital stream that occupies less space.  2, record 7, English, - Dolby%20Digital%205%2E1

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The 6 channels are: front left, center, front right, rear right, rear left and a LFR (Low Frequency Effects) channel for deep bass effects. The LFE channel is given the .1 rating, thus giving 5.1 channels of discrete CD-Quality audio.  2, record 7, English, - Dolby%20Digital%205%2E1

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[...] procédé de compression du son qui compresse les 6 pistes audio des films en un seul flux de données numériques à 6 canaux occupant un espace réduit.  3, record 7, French, - Dolby%20num%C3%A9rique%205%2E1

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Les 6 canaux du Dolby Digital 5.1 sont désignés comme suit : avant-gauche, central, avant-droit, arrière-droit, arrière-gauche ainsi qu'un canal LFE réservé aux basses fréquences. Le canal LFE (Low Frequency Effect) est désigné par .1 : on obtient donc 5.1 canaux d'une qualité similaire à celle d'un CD audio.  3, record 7, French, - Dolby%20num%C3%A9rique%205%2E1

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Toshiba's N-2-2 spatializer function adds some DSP(digital signal processing) to two-channel stereo. Although DSP functions can be added by most receivers, the N-2-2 is for... two speakers. It creates surround sound without having speakers in the rear. The bit-rate meter... tells you if your movie has lots of compression(lower bit-rate) compared to the DVDs(digital videodisc) that have only a little compression(higher bit-rate).  1, record 8, English, - spatializer%20function

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La fonction «spatializer» est intéressante seulement en cas d'utilisation avec une télévision stéréo, ou encore avec une chaîne audio stéréophonique; dans ces cas, il est possible de créer un champ sonore «spatial» qui donne l'illusion d'un son ambiophonique.  2, record 8, French, - fonction%20%C2%ABspatializer%C2%BB

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A compression limiter is not necessary, but very recommended if you are recording live audio to tape or to sound card samples. It is a separate piece much like an effects unit. It is used and connected usually directly in the path between instruments or microphones to your recording equipment. It auto adjusts the recording levels into your mixer or sound recording gear so that you cannot overload the record inputs. It also boosts the soft sounds so they do not get lost and hard to hear. It makes the soft strings or vocals audible as well as keeping those blazing guitars from over running the rest of your sounds.  1, record 9, English, - compression%20limiter

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