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DISTORSION CONTACT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

Distortion due to the difference in the tip shapes of the recording stylus and the reproducing stylus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Distorsion due à la différence existant entre les formes géométriques du burin de gravure et de la pointe de lecture.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l’AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

stereo record: a single-groove disk record having V-shaped grooves at 45 degrees to the vertical. Each groove wall has one of the two recorded channels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
OBS

(...) ces caractéristiques contribuent au bon contact entre la pointe de lecture et les parois du sillon, contact qui, à aucun moment, ne doit faire défaut sous peine de distorsion importante.

Spanish

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