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Sound wave is a Wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Digital audio models Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Transducer applies to Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Microphone is a Transducer. Activate to inspect this relation.Microphone applies to Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Loudspeaker is a Transducer. Activate to inspect this relation.Loudspeaker causes Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Dynamic microphone is a Microphone. Activate to inspect this relation.Dynamic microphone depends on Electromagnetic induction. Activate to inspect this relation.Piezoelectric transducer is a Transducer. Activate to inspect this relation.Polar pattern is part of Microphone. Activate to inspect this relation.Audio recording depends on Microphone. Activate to inspect this relation.Audio recording causes Digital audio. Activate to inspect this relation.Multitrack recording is a Audio recording. Activate to inspect this relation.Multitrack recording enables Audio mixing. Activate to inspect this relation.Audio mixing applies to Audio recording. Activate to inspect this relation.Binaural recording is a Audio recording. Activate to inspect this relation.Polar patternMicrophoneTransducerDynamic microphoneAudio recordingSound waveLoudspeakerPiezoelectric transducerElectromagnetic inductionMultitrack recordingBinaural recordingDigital audioAudio mixingWave
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Polar pattern

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At a glance

How a microphone's sensitivity varies with the direction a sound comes from.

Disciplines
Electroacoustics · Audio Engineering
Role in the graph
Leaf concept
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1 · 1 relation families

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Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 13 disciplines: Acoustics, Audio Engineering, Electroacoustics, Electromagnetism, Engineering, Materials Science, Music, Music Production, Oceanography, Optics, Physics, Psychoacoustics, Signal Processing.
  • Polar pattern is a bridge concept — viewed here through Audio Engineering, Electroacoustics.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Energy transformation explains 5 concepts in this view (Audio Engineering, Electroacoustics, Electromagnetism, Engineering, Materials Science, Physics).

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ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

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What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.