Catchword: wash-out effect

Filed under: English, Science

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: In the early 1970s, manufacturers introduced sirens with different patterns and frequencies, to address a growing problem: Officers in different police cars using the same frequency often could not hear each other when approaching the same intersection, a dreaded phenomenon known as the wash-out effect that is a recipe for a crash. The yelp, the wail, the fast and the hi-lo sirens were born.

Article or document title:
“Earsplitting Symphony, With the Maestro in Blue” (URL)

Author:
Cara Buckley

Article, document, publication, web site:
New York Times

Date of publication:
June 15, 2007

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