BS 4727-3:Group 08:1995 Glossary of electrotechnical, power, telecommunication, electronics, lighting and colour terms. Part 3. Terms particular to telecommunications and electronics - Group 08. Acoustics and electroacoustics
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This Group of BS 4727-3 has been prepared by Technical Comittee GEL/1,
Terminology, and is identical with IEC 50(801):1994, International
Electrotechnical Vocabulary— Chapter 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics ,
published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
For ease of production purposes the definitions given in French and Russian have
been retained, together with the translation of the terms (but not the definitions)
given in German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Swedish.
The glossary is divided into five Parts, each of which is subdivided into Groups.
Each Group will comprise the terms and definitions used in a particular branch
of electrical engineering and will be issued individually as soon as it is completed.
This arrangement makes it possible to add new Groups or review existing Groups
at any time without affecting the remainder of the glossary.
The five Parts of the glossary are as follows.
— Part 1: Terms common to power, telecommunications and electronics;
— Part 2: Terms particular to power engineering;
— Part 3: Terms particular to telecommunications and electronics;
— Part 4: Terms particular to lighting and colour;
— Part 5: Terms particular to electromedical equipment.
Fundamental and general terms common to power, telecommunications and
electronics form Groups 01 and 02 of Part 1. The specialist Groups
(e.g. Groups 03 to 13 of Part 1) contain only the terms and definitions relating to
their subjects.
As far as has been practicable all terms and definitions established in current
usage and falling within the scope of this glossary have been included. Experience
has shown that it is rarely possible to replace, or even to modify, a well
established term no matter what the logical or aesthetic shortcomings of that
term may be. Current usage has therefore been accepted as the authority for
terms and their meaning except where there has been a very good reason for
doing otherwise, e.g. where terms have been considered to be fundamentally
wrong, ambiguous, superfluous or in need of standardization.
Where two or more synonymous terms are in use, those which are deprecated are
omitted from the body of the text but are entered in the alphabetical index with
a cross-reference to the standard term. In cases where it was felt that the time
was not yet right to deprecate a synonym, preferred terms are given first and the
other terms are printed in less prominent type to indicate the intention to
deprecate them in the course of time. Where synonyms are considered of equal
value they are shown in the same type.
Where terms are used with different meanings in different branches of electrical
engineering, appropriate definitions are given in the Groups of the glossary
corresponding to these branches. Such a definition, when taken out of the context
of its Group, should if possible be quoted with a preamble indicating its proper
context.
It is to be noted that the given definition of a term represents the generally
accepted meaning of that term. Under no circumstances should it be regarded as
taking the place of a specification.
As far as possible the terms are arranged in a logical order proceeding from the
general to the specific and from the whole to the part, and allied terms are placed
close together.
In earlier editions of BS 4727, a special national numbering system was used,
however, to facilitate publication of future editions of BS 4727, only the
International Electrotechnical Vocabulary numbering system is used.
Primary Item Type:
British Standard
Identifiers:
ICS 01.040.17 Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena (Vocabularies)
ICS 17.040.01 Linear and angular measurements in general
BS 4727-3:Group 08:1995 Glossary of electrotechnical, power, telecommunication, electronics, lighting and colour terms. Part 3. Terms particular to telecommunications and electronics - Group 08. Acoustics and electroacoustics
