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  2. Sonic boom - Wikipedia

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    Observers hear nothing until the shock wave, on the edges of the cone, crosses their location. Mach cone angle NASA data showing N-wave signature. [1] Conical shockwave with its hyperbola-shaped ground contact zone in yellow. A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed ...

  3. Noise barrier - Wikipedia

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    A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effective method of mitigating roadway, railway, and industrial noise sources – other than cessation of ...

  4. List of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    The sound "oof" has been used when a player dies in video games since the early 2000s. It gained popularity from Roblox when characters would make the sound when dying or respawning. "I oofed that math test." "Oof! I can't believe he survived that fall." To oof, oofed [115] [116] Opp Short for opposition or enemies; describes an individual's ...

  5. Reporter goes viral for her smooth mic toss when she was ...

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    Viewers saw an animated transition to the next broadcast story but instead of showing the anchors in the studio, the screen came back out to Brown's live shot without her knowing.

  6. Health effects from noise - Wikipedia

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    Elevated workplace or environmental noise can cause hearing impairment, tinnitus, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance, and sleep disturbance. [ 3][ 4] Changes in the immune system and birth defects have been also attributed to noise exposure. [ 5] Although age-related health effects ( presbycusis) occur naturally with age, [ 6] in ...

  7. Dachshund’s ‘Embarrassing’ Story of Being Scared ... - AOL

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    On a recent walk, Dobby, an adorable Dachshund, and his dad Paul encountered a cat. Paul said that Dobby was trying to be 'big and hard' and intimidating to the cat. It didn't work out that way ...

  8. Roblox could change the future of gaming — but it has two ...

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    Roblox isn’t your average game company Roblox doesn’t offer a signature game of its own. There’s no Mario or Lara Croft here, but rather an endless open world of gaming possibilities.

  9. Ray tracing (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    The idea behind ray casting, the predecessor to recursive ray tracing, is to trace rays from the eye, one per pixel, and find the closest object blocking the path of that ray. Think of an image as a screen-door, with each square in the screen being a pixel. This is then the object the eye sees through that pixel.