Physics GCSE
audible range
What audible range means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of audible range
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Reference: OCR
Human hearing works over a limited range, roughly 20 Hz to 20 kHz in a young adult, with greatest sensitivity in the mid-frequencies.
Topics that use audible range
- Wave behaviour (OCR GCSE)
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