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D

daily rhythm

See nycthemeral

damped wave

"waves whose amplitude progressively decreasewith respect to time." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
damping

"The effect of the dissipation of energy of an oscillating system on its operation." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
decay time

"Lapse of time from the instant maximum aplitude of a waveform begins to decrease until it has fallen to zero or a specified level near zero." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.

See also: build-up time

decibel

db

"One tength of a bel, a logarithmic unit used to compare two levels of power." [1]

"Two powers P1 and P2 are said to be separated by an interval of n bels (or 10n decibels) when n=log10(P1/P2). The unit is dimensionless." [2]

References

  1. Ewing AW. Arthropod Bioacoustics: Neurobiology and Behaviour. Ithaca, New York: Comstock; 1989.
  2. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
desperation call

"More precise term for one category of distress call." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.

Synonyms: desperation-call

DFT

Discrete Fourier transform

diel

"involving a 24-hour period. The word is an illegitimate neologism, coined in the absence of need; where daily will not do, owing to suggestion of daytime occurrennce, nycthemeral will, and is of respectable antiquity and regularly formed." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
digital recorder

"An instrument for making digital recordings of sound." [1]

References

  1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.
digital recording

"A recording in which the sound is represented by numerous consecutive samples expressed in binary digits (as opposed to an analogue recording)." [1]

References

  1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.
digitize

"To convert an analogue recording to a digital recording.! [1]

References

  1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.
diplosyllable

A syllable in which sound is priduced by both to- and fro- movements of the stridulatory apparatus.

"A syllable in which sound is produced by opening and closing wing-strokes in the Ensifera, and both upward and downward leg-strokes in the gomphocerine grasshoppers." [1]

References

  1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.
doppelsilbe

"diplosyllable, not disyllabic sound." [1]

References

  1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
Doppler effect

"Change in apparent frequency of a periodic signal such as a pressure wave or light due to movement of the emitter or receiver." [1]

"The change in the observed frequency of a wave caused by the time rate of change in the length of the path of travel between the source and the observer." [2]

References

  1. Ewing AW. Arthropod Bioacoustics: Neurobiology and Behaviour. Ithaca, New York: Comstock; 1989.
  2. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.
Doppler shift compensation

"The emission of echolocation calls at frequencies lower than the hearing sensitivity of teh acoustic fovea so that the upward shift in frequency of the echo, as a result of teh relative velocity of teh bat to the target, ensures that frequency of teh echo is within frequency range of the acoustic fovea." [1]

References

  1. Jacobs DSteve, Bastian A. Predator-Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and their Prey. Springer; 2016.
DPOAE

Distortion product otoacoustic emission

DRN

Dynamic range normalization

duty cycle

"The ratio of teh duration of the call to the period of the call (call duration + time ot next call). Usually expressed as a percentage." [1]

References

  1. Jacobs DSteve, Bastian A. Predator-Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and their Prey. Springer; 2016.
DWPT

Discrete wavelet packet transform

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