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anechoic chamber

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anechoic chamber

Room designed to be of high sound absorbency. All surfaces inside the chamber are covered by sound-absorbent materials such as rubber. The walls are often covered with inward-facing pyramids of rubber, to minimize reflections back into the interior of the chamber. It is used for experiments in acoustics and for testing audio equipment.



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); Laboratory, 2000, imaging an anechoic chamber, used in the motor industry for testing engine noise levels; Collection, 2001, based on photos of the singer Engelbert Humperdinck's collection of gold records; and Space Simulator, 2003, a roughly ten-by-fourteen-foot image of the device used for training American astronauts.
The facility, named for a test pilot killed in a crash of a B-1A bomber, is the world's largest anechoic chamber for testing airborne electronic warfare systems, according to Dr.
-- Anechoic Chamber -- Measures the amount and quality of acoustic output to improve acoustic performance.
 
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