Sentences with phrase «'s a faint vibration»

Comparing how powerful it really was to the faint vibrations LIGO detected tells us how far away it occurred.

The experiments are so sensitive that even the faintest vibration could spell failure.

The engine sends just a faint vibration through the steering column and pedals under acceleration.

Whiskers detect very faint vibrations caused by these changes in air currents and act like radar detectors.

Not exact matches

As they orbit each other, the black holes pull on the fabric of space and create a faint signal that travels outward in all directions, like a vibration in a spider's web.

On the chip's surface, which is cooled to near absolute zero -LRB--- 459 degrees Fahrenheit) to eliminate thermal vibrations, two tiny aluminum cones connected by an electric field generate extremely faint sound waves that bounce back and forth.

Working with a tough mentor named Yakov Zel «dovich, Sunyaev showed that the tiny acoustic vibrations in the universe moments after the Big Bang could be observed as temperature and density variations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang that suffuses the universe.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The fact that this engine is a diesel is only apparent if you listen for the faint diesel clatter with the window open, because with the cockpit windows closed, driver and passengers are comfortably insulated from any noise, vibration, or harshness coming from the outside world.

And the vibration isn't quite powerful enough to reliably wake me up (it's fainter than the Pebble).

The reason having the tones on is so important is the watch's vibration alert for smart notifications is so faint we couldn't feel it while sitting still, let alone while running, biking, or swimming.