Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- Piezoelectricity is the ability of some materials (notably crystals ... in response to applied mechanical stress. This may take the form of ...25 KB (3,464 words) - 06:13, 24 November 2022
- sonorities that can be constructed as stacks of thirds relative to some underlying ... (polyphony), the natural by-product of this process was a vertical ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- as a mike or mic, is a device that converts sound into electrical signals. ... thin membrane that vibrates in response to sound pressure. This mechanical ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move ... with Trav-O-Lator®, a registered trademark of United Technologies), or moveator ...37 KB (6,013 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than ... consciously hearing it, high-frequency sound can have a measurable effect ...27 KB (3,908 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2023
- electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well ... to the brain to repair different types of brain damage. With this kind ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- developed the Wankel rotary engine as a way of differentiating itself from ... for sale worldwide; nearly one million of these were produced in the ...29 KB (4,390 words) - 09:28, 10 March 2023
- He lives and works in Chennai, India. Married, his family consists ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. not just in his career but also in his life of faith, his family life, and ...25 KB (3,579 words) - 19:59, 9 February 2023
