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  2. Crackling noise - Wikipedia

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    Further research into crackling noise was done in the late 1940s by Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg who examined earthquakes analytically. Before the invention of the well-known Richter scale, the Mercalli intensity scale was used; this is a subjective measurement of how damaging an earthquake was to property, i.e. II would be small vibrations and objects moving, while XII would be ...

  3. Crackles - Wikipedia

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    Crackles are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises that may be made by one or both lungs of a human with a respiratory disease during inhalation, and occasionally during exhalation. They are usually heard only with a stethoscope ("on auscultation ").

  4. Crepitus - Wikipedia

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    Crepitus is "a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone". Various types of crepitus that can be heard in joint pathologies are: Bone crepitus: This can be heard when two fragments of a fracture are moved against each other.

  5. Joint cracking - Wikipedia

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    Joint cracking is the manipulation of joints to produce a sound and related "popping" sensation. It is sometimes performed by physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths [1] pursuing a variety of outcomes. The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead to arthritis and other joint problems. However, this is not ...

  6. Whipcracking - Wikipedia

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    Whipcracking is the act of producing a cracking sound through the use of a whip. Used during livestock driving and horse riding, it has also become an art. A rhythmic whipcracking belongs to the traditional culture among various Germanic peoples of Bavaria ( Goaßlschnalzen ), various Alpine areas ( Aperschnalzen ), Austria , and Hungary ...

  7. Crackle - Wikipedia

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    Pork rinds in American English, pork scratchings in British English when served in small pieces as a snack or side-dish, or pork crackling in the UK when the rind is left on a roasted pork joint; Crackling bread, an American dish incorporating cracklings; Gribenes, goose or chicken cracklings in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine; Krackel, an American ...

  8. Respiratory sounds - Wikipedia

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    Respiratory sounds, also known as lung sounds or breath sounds, are the specific sounds generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system. [1] These may be easily audible or identified through auscultation of the respiratory system through the lung fields with a stethoscope as well as from the spectral characteristics of lung sounds. [2]

  9. List of noise topics - Wikipedia

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    Black noise; Blue noise; Burst noise; Carrier-to-receiver noise density; Channel noise level; Circuit noise level; Colors of noise; Comfort noise; Comfort noise generator; Cosmic noise; Crackling noise; DBa; DBrn; Decibel; Detection theory; Dither; Dynamic range; Effective input noise temperature; Environmental noise; Equivalent noise ...