| beats definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as congress or the white house. most top reporters work a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location. | 6 sets |
| 2 | these are created when 2 sounds oscillate between interfering constructively and destructively | 4 sets |
| 3 | a throbbing variation in the loudness of sound caused by interference when two tones of slightly different frequencies are sounded together. | 4 sets |
| 4 | specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as congress or the white house | 4 sets |
| 5 | the effect produced by interference of waves of slightly different frequency, producing a pattern of alternating intensity. | 3 sets |
| 6 | periodic vibration in the loudness of sound | 3 sets |
| 7 | throbbing variation in the loudness of sound caused by interference when two tones of slightly different frequencies are sounded together | 2 sets |
| 8 | the stressed syllables in a line of poetry | 2 sets |
| 9 | specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as congress or the white house. | 2 sets |
| 10 | regular pulses that are the basis for measuring time in music. | 2 sets |
| 11 | periodic variation in the loudness of sound | 2 sets |
| 12 | periodic changes in sound intensity | 2 sets |
| 13 | the regular changes in loudness of a sound when two sounds of different frequencies are played together | 2 sets |
| 14 | nonconformist writers of the 1950s, revolted against middle class conformity and materialism | 2 sets |
| 15 | a small but influential group of writers and poets challenged both the literary conventions of the day and the lifestyle of the middle class. | 1 set |
| 16 | small but influential group of writers who challenged literary conventions and the lifestyle of the middle-class in the 1950s. | 1 set |
| 17 | to cause one wave to collide and mix with another | 1 set |
| 18 | 1950s writers who rejected mainstream american values - experimented with drugs and sexuality | 1 set |
| 19 | gestures involving short quick movements of the hands or fingers that go along with the rhythm of talk. | 1 set |
| 20 | timing | 1 set |
| 21 | |f₁f₂| | 1 set |
| 22 | a series of lound and soft sounds | 1 set |
| 23 | an interference effect that occurs when two tones of nearly the same frequency are sounded at the same time | 1 set |
| 24 | the smallest unit of measurement of musical time; forms the musical pulse | 1 set |
| 25 | most eloquent expression of disenchantment with consumer culture; literary groups rebelled against materialistic society of 1950s | 1 set |
| 26 | literary groups that rebelled aganist the materialistic society of 1950s; showed style of social protests | 1 set |
| 27 | a series of alternate reinforcements and cancellations produced by the interference of two waves of slightly different frequencies, heard as a throbbing effect in sound waves. | 1 set |
| 28 | sounds produced by the interference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings | 1 set |
| 29 | come from adding two waves that are only a little different in frequency, when two waves in phase, it gets louder, when out of phase, it gets softer | 1 set |
| 30 | small units of musical rhythm or time; a metronome ticks ______? | 1 set |
| 31 | - | 1 set |
| 32 | people who criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior | 1 set |
| 33 | units of equal length used to keep track of the rhythm | 1 set |
| 34 | inharmonic sound; when 2 components in a complex sound are very close in frequency we hear a single tone that is amplitude modulated | 1 set |
| 35 | small sections within the play | 1 set |
| 36 | variation in loudness caused by interference when two sound have close but not equal frequencies | 1 set |
| 37 | flucuations in sound waves | 1 set |
| 38 | are fluctuations in loudness of two sounds slightly different frequencies that are sounded together | 1 set |
| 39 | specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as congress of the white house. most top reporters work a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location | 1 set |
| 40 | pulsing vubration of loudness | 1 set |