English Explanatory Dictionary

Shepard scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A series of Shepard tones constructed to give the illusion of a continuously rising (or falling) series of notes.

Word forms

Shepard scale Shepard scales

Etymology

For Roger Shepard, American scientist.

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