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  2. Sound - Wikipedia

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    Experiment using two tuning forks ... where p is the root-mean-square sound ... Noise is a term often used to refer to an unwanted sound. In science and engineering ...

  3. Cymatics - Wikipedia

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    Experiments of this kind, similar to those carried out earlier by Galileo Galilei [4] around 1630 and by Robert Hooke in 1680, were later perfected by Chladni, who introduced them systematically in 1787 in his book Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klanges (Discoveries on the theory of sound). This provided an important contribution to the ...

  4. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it ...

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    The definition of sound, simplified, is a hearable noise. The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard. The answer to this question depends on the definition of sound. We can define sound as our perception of air vibrations. Therefore, sound does not exist if we do not hear it.

  5. The sounds of science - AOL

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    Scaletti agreed that sound has the power to convey a lot of meaning. "People know that because of language," she said, "but they think everything else is music." That's why she's carving a new ...

  6. Bell jar - Wikipedia

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    This experiment demonstrated that the propagation of sound is mediated by the air, and that in the absence of the air medium, the sound waves cannot travel. This experiment is often used as a classroom science experiment, where the experiment is repeated with an item such as an alarm clock placed under a bell jar, and the noise of the alarm ...

  7. Sonoluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Sonoluminescence is the emission of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound. Sonoluminescence was first discovered in 1934 at the University of Cologne . It occurs when a sound wave of sufficient intensity induces a gaseous cavity within a liquid to collapse quickly, emitting a burst of light.

  8. Acoustic resonance - Wikipedia

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    Experiment using two tuning forks oscillating at the same frequency.One of the forks is being hit with a rubberized mallet. Although the first tuning fork hasn't been hit, the other fork is visibly excited due to the oscillation caused by the periodic change in the pressure and density of the air by hitting the other fork, creating an acoustic resonance between the forks.

  9. Bioacoustics - Wikipedia

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    Bioacoustics is a cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics. Usually it refers to the investigation of sound production, dispersion and reception in animals (including humans). [1] This involves neurophysiological and anatomical basis of sound production and detection, and relation of acoustic signals to the medium they ...