Dangling Participles. Dangling participles (also known as dangling modifiers) sound more painful than they actually are. Consider the following sentences all of which contain dangling participles or dangling modifiers. In the sentence below, the modifying clause (Rushing to catch the bus) contains a participle (rushing).
S/N and (S+N)/N When measuring signal to noise ratio there are two basic elements to the measurement. One is the noise level and the other is the signal. As a result of the way measurements are made, often the signal measurement also includes noise as well, i.e. it is a signal plus noise measurement.
A noise reduction coefficient (NRC) is a single number that represents an average of the sound absorption coefficients in the 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz octave bands. Detail of its calculation can be found in the ASTM C-423 standard.