Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport ... unauthorized audio or video recording, often of a concert, distributed without ...25 KB (3,823 words) - 17:51, 27 April 2020
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... Among the instrumental groups of definite pitch in the modern symphony ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... Nails, and others often dwell on imagery of violence, death, unrestrained ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums ... in recent years as the central instrument of large drum ensembles called ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career, starting as a ... generating winds at almost twice the speed of sound. Czarnecki encouraged ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- and graphos (writing), is the art and craft of creating and filming images ... to motion pictures. Although the exposing of images on light-sensitive elements ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray ... an excellent conductor of heat. The speed of sound in beryllium is about ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- and map the location, direction, and/or speed of both moving and fixed ... Radio Detection and Ranging. This acronym of American origin replaced the ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- ) is a branch of physics involving study of the movement of physical ... as classical mechanics. The foundations of quantum mechanics were established ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... arrived in the area. The first establishment of Salzburg was the Benedictine ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Mass media is a term denoting that section of the media specifically ... characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring ... Through trade and emigration, the concept of gamelan music has spread to ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ... use engines occasionally. The manufacturers of high-performance gliders now ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- [[Image:Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Portrait of Galileo ... whose career coincided with that of Johannes Kepler. His work constitutes ...28 KB (4,354 words) - 03:55, 18 April 2024
- and receiving moving pictures and sound over long distances. The ... With the growth and influence of the television industry, it is not ...27 KB (3,983 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- the advancing blades approaches the speed of sound and generates shock waves ... possible for this blade to exceed the speed of sound, and thus produce vastly ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- data. Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog signals ... that turns the digital '1s and 0s' of a personal computer into sounds ...43 KB (6,933 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- A bomb is any of a range of devices that can be exploded to produce ... typically several to many times the speed of sound. Even brief exposure ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings ... The use of drywall offers the advantages of speed in construction ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- tuned in perfect fifths which has become one of the most popular and most used ... Often when playing certain types of music on the violin, notably folk ...45 KB (7,281 words) - 20:27, 3 May 2023
