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What is the characteristic of a sound wave that corresponds to loudness?

The bigger the troughs of the sound wave and height of the wave corresponds to the loudness the higher the wave the louder the sound.


Loudness is the human perception of sound wave?

The amplitude of sound waves is what humans perceive as loudness.


The loudness of a sound is the wave?

The loudness of a sound wave is proportional to the amplitude of the wave, which is to say, the size of the vibration.


What determines the loudness of sound waves?

The amplitude determines the loudness of a sound wave.


What does the amplitude of a sound wave determine?

Amplitude is the energy of a sound wave, which we also call Loudness


What characteristic of a sound wave causes the loudness?

The perceived "loudness" of the sound varies directly as the amplitude of the wave.


What depends on the loudness of sound of a sound wave?

The 'Loudness' of a sound wave is dependent on its Amplitude, hence why we have 'amplifiers' to increase the volume of something.


In what units is loudness measured?

The unit of relative loudness is the sone. The unit for absolute loudness, or loudness level, is the phon. Both relative and absolute loudness are perceptual measures that vary from person to person.The unit used to measure sound pressure is the dB (decibel). Since dB measures the power of a sound wave, a physical characteristic, it is not a perceptual measure but a scientific one (thus perception of the sound has no effect on it).Read more: What_is_the_unit_of_relative_loudness


What does the amplitude of a wave tell about a sound?

Amplitude is the maximum displacement of a wave. The amplitude determine the loudness of the sound


How can the loudness of a sound be determined by the waves?

The loudness of a sound (or intensity) corresponds to the sound wave's amplitude. The amplitude of a wave is the distance from the midpoint of the wave to a high-point (crest) or low-point (trough).


How is the loudness related to amplitude?

Loudness is related to the amplitude of a sound wave. The higher the amplitude of a sound wave, the louder the sound will be perceived by our ears. Amplitude represents the intensity or strength of the sound wave.


The loudness of a sound wave is determined by its?

By its amplitude. Really loudness is sound intensity & intensity depends on square of amplitude ie. higher the amplitude higher the intensity which means higher the loudness.