Dictionary of Environmental Health
The distance through a defined medium covered by a sound wave per unit time. The speed varies with the medium through which the energy is transmitted and its density. In air at standard temperature and pressure the speed of sound is 344 m/sec. (equivalent to 1,130 ft./sec.).
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