Meaning of acoustic emission | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A phenomenon wherein external stimuli such as mechanical loading generate physical vibrations.
   uncountable
2. A physical vibration caused by sudden movement within a material subjected to physical stress, often symptomatic of a defect.
   countable

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Examples

“Acoustic emissions are only generated when some abrupt and permanent change⟳ takes place⟳ somewhere in the material.”

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