# Bark scale

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A psychoacoustic scale of frequency on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances.

## Etymology
Proposed by Eberhard Zwicker in 1961, and named after Heinrich Barkhausen, who proposed the first subjective measurements of loudness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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