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Any VIBRATION in the air or other medium, some types of which are able to cause a sensation of hearing.
A segment or sequence of segments of MAGNETIC TAPE which have been SPLICEd end-to-end to form a loop or circle. When played in this form, the taped sound is continuously repeated, as distinct from tape ECHO or tape FEEDBACK.
Any quantity or body is in a state of oscillation when its value or motion is continually changing so that it passes through maximum and minimum values or positions. When a system, body or quantity is set in PERIODIC motion or vibration, it is said to be in oscillation.
Any process that encourages a person to listen more discriminately, particularly to sounds of the environment. The term was originally used by R.M. Schafer in his book Ear Cleaning (Toronto, BMI Canada, 1967) to contrast with the traditional practice of ear training in music education which concentrates on the identification and reproduction of intervals, chords, melodies and so on.