REFLECTIONS ON SOUND TIMBRE DEFINITIONS
Marianna Sankiewicz, Gustaw K. Budzynski · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2007
The article is concerned with systematic classification of concepts and terms in acoustics. Special attention is attached to definitions of timbre. The article presents a review of definitions of timbre published in the literature. Inadequacy of the currently used IEC definition is shown and a new definition of timbre is proposed. Discussed are advantages of the new definition and the prospects for common acceptance of this definition in acoustics.