Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- NASA X-43, which reached nearly ten times the speed of sound. ... first recorded person to exceed the speed of sound. However, some British ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Refraction is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in ... The refraction of waves through a medium is quantified in terms of ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- In classical physics, free space, sometimes called the vacuum of free ... in Newton's equation for the speed of sound to obtain a wave speed ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- Later research into airflows near or above the speed of sound used ... at speeds much faster than the local speed of sound (hypersonic speeds). ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of ... various types, according to the frequency of the wave. These types include ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- often referred to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass ... his brother Charlie in the 1930s, as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- from 'The Pitman Collection, University of Bath']] for developing the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- A meteoroid is a small body of debris in the Solar System, roughly ... impossible, given the relatively slow speed of sound. Any sound generated ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- surfacing throughout the very early years of the last century, the 1907 ... The futurists explored every medium of art, including painting, sculpture ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- an American jazz and country guitarist, one of the key developers of the electric ... Paul was one of the first to experiment with improving the sound of ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 22:00, 25 October 2022
- character, or "cell," is made up of six dot positions, arranged ... Louis Braille, himself blinded at the age of three, developed his ...14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- Fox is the general term applied to any of small to medium-sized canids ... By far the most common species of fox is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- The density effect is small. The speed of sound (in feet per second) ... converted into a range by knowing the speed of sound. To measure the bearing ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager ... was estimated to have broken the speed of sound during his fatal test ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- The saxophone is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family ... Unique in its origin as being invented for its particular sound, the ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- Rattlesnake is the common name for any of the venomous snakes comprising ... While rattlesnakes are often viewed unfavorably, because of their ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building ... between the speed of light and the speed of sound. If a person visits London ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to ... beginning in the 1890s. For the first half of the twentieth century, the ...27 KB (4,108 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a form of transportation ... problems. The only noteworthy high-speed maglev line that is currently ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
