Instead, they detect sounds through their tongues and feel vibrations through sense organs in the skull.
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Vibrations
Synonyms for "vibrations" (27 found)
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7 entriesbending vibrationdamped vibrationfree vibrationnegative vibepositive vibestretching vibrationtorsional vibration
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6 entriesdamped vibrationfree vibrationharmonic vibrationsmolecular vibrationsvibrational modevibrational spectrum
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Good conductors of heat are usually good conductors of electricity, but that puts the causal relation backwards. Conduction-band electrons can't help but transport kinetic energy, which--randomized--is heat. Putting heat before electricity is reasonable only because of the rarity of materials like diamond that conduct heat via the quasi-particles called phonons, which are communicable crystal-lattice vibrations.
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This magic crystal will help eliminate negative vibrations.
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The larger church organs use infrasound, which people do not hear, but feel as vibrations in their bodies.
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