When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Wagon-wheel effect - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect

    By humming at slightly higher and lower frequencies, he was able to make the rotation reverse slowly and to make the rotation go slowly in the direction of rotation. A similar stroboscopic effect is now commonly observed by people eating crunchy foods, such as carrots, while watching TV: the image appears to shimmer. [ 7 ]

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proverbial_phrases

    Time goes by slowly when your are living intensely; Time is a great healer; Time is money (Only) time will tell 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; To be worn out is to be renewed – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [11] To each his own; To err is human, to forgive divine

  4. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amusement_rides

    Name(s) Image Type Notes 1954 Ali Baba: Pendulum ride: The Ali Baba is a type of amusement ride consisting of a stationary horizontal gondola with a 360 degree swinging pendulum. 1961 Alpine slide: A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill.

  5. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2016-03-13-10-weird-things-that...

    When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it. Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage, seizures, and paralysis. Number 8.Cleaning the toilet. No ...

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_music_terminology

    Somewhat slow; not as slow as largo larghezza Broadness; con larghezza: with broadness; broadly larghissimo Very slow; slower than largo largo Broad (i.e. slow) lasciare suonare "Let ring", meaning allow the sound to continue, do not damp; used frequently in harp or guitar music, occasionally in piano or percussion. Abbreviated "lasc. suon ...

  7. Time dilation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

    Time passes more quickly further from a center of gravity, as is witnessed with massive objects (like the Earth). Gravitational time dilation is experienced by an observer that, at a certain altitude within a gravitational potential well, finds that their local clocks measure less elapsed time than identical clocks situated at higher altitude ...

  8. Coronavirus symptoms start slow, and worsen quickly ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/article/news/2020/03/24/coronavirus...

    As the new coronavirus spreads, doctors are seeing a pattern emerge in the way people are responding to the disease.

  9. Terrestrial locomotion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_locomotion

    The rotation is fast, the golden wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava) moving up to 20 revolutions per second, moving the spider at 1 metre per second (3.3 ft/s). [ 14 ] Coastal tiger beetle larvae when threatened can flick themselves into the air and curl their bodies to form a wheels, which the wind blows, often uphill, as far as 25 m (80 ft ...