Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haas effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: haas -ef-fect
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon whereby humans localize sound sources in the direction of the first arriving sound, even in the presence of a single reflection from a different direction.

Etymology

Derived from a 1951 paper by Helmut Haas.

Inflected Forms

Haas effects (plural)

Questions

What does haas effect mean?: The phenomenon whereby humans localize sound sources in the direction of the first arriving sound, even in the presence of a single reflection from a different direction.
Where does haas effect come from?: Derived from a 1951 paper by Helmut Haas.

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