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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...

  3. Inner ear - Wikipedia

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    The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear. In vertebrates , the inner ear is mainly responsible for sound detection and balance. [ 1 ] In mammals , it consists of the bony labyrinth , a hollow cavity in the temporal bone of the skull with a system of passages comprising two main functional parts: [ 2 ]

  4. Auditory system - Wikipedia

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    The middle-ear ossicles further amplify the vibration pressure roughly 20 times. The base of the stapes couples vibrations into the cochlea via the oval window, which vibrates the perilymph liquid (present throughout the inner ear) and causes the round window to bulb out as the oval window bulges in. [1]

  5. Sound localization - Wikipedia

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    Sound is the perceptual result of mechanical vibrations traveling through a medium such as air or water. Through the mechanisms of compression and rarefaction, sound waves travel through the air, bounce off the pinna and concha of the exterior ear, and enter the ear canal.

  6. Critical band - Wikipedia

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    The human ear is made up of three areas: the outer, middle and inner ear. Within the inner ear sits the cochlea. The cochlea is a snail-shaped formation that enables sound transmission via a sensorineural route, rather than through a conductive pathway. [11] The cochlea is a complex structure, consisting of three layers of fluid.

  7. Interaural time difference - Wikipedia

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    Interaural time difference (ITD) between left (top) and right (bottom) ears. (sound source: 100 ms white noise from 90° azimuth, 0° elevation). The interaural time difference (or ITD) when concerning humans or animals, is the difference in arrival time of a sound between two ears.

  8. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").

  9. Reach Out - Wikipedia

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    Reach Out! (Hank Mobley album), 1968; Reach Out! (Hal Galper album), 1977; Reach Out (S.E.S. album) Reach Out: The Motown Record, an album by Human Nature "Reach Out" (Cheap Trick song) "Reach Out" (Giorgio Moroder song), the track-and-field theme song for the 1984 Summer Olympics by Giorgio Moroder and Paul Engemann "Reach Out" (Hilary Duff ...