City of New Sharon, IA 50207. Sharon, Iowa â better known as â New Sharon, Iowa was developed in 1856 and occupies approximately one square mile in Mahaska county.
3 11mbre is the distinguishing quality of a sound. It is the dimension of auditory experience reÂ­. lated to the complexity of the sound wave-to the. relative breadth of the range of frequencies that. make up the wave. A pure tone consists of only one. frequency, but in nature, pure tones are extremely. rare.
Characteristics of Sound and the Decibel Scale. Sound is the quickly varying pressure wave travelling through a medium. When sound travels through air, the atmospheric pressure varies periodically. The number of pressure variations per second is called the frequency of sound, and is measured in Hertz (Hz) which is defined as cycles per second.