"Bark scale" meaning in All languages combined

See Bark scale on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Bark scale [canonical]
Etymology: Proposed by Eberhard Zwicker in 1961, and named after Heinrich Barkhausen, who proposed the first subjective measurements of loudness. Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Bark scale}} the Bark scale
  1. A psychoacoustic scale of frequency on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances.
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