Physics
Name and define the characteristic which enables one to distinguish two sounds of same loudness, but of different frequencies given by the same instrument.
Answer
The characteristic by which two sounds of same loudness, but of different frequencies given by the same instrument can be distinguished is known as 'pitch'.
Pitch is that characteristic of sound by which an acute (or shrill) note can be distinguished from a grave (or flat) note of same loudness.
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