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... vibration of the vocal cords ) initially and voiced ( with vocal cord vibration ) between vowels . All Proto - Dravidian roots were monosyllables . Proto - Dravidian used only suffixes , never prefixes or infixes . Hence , the roots of ...
... vibration of the vocal cords ) initially and voiced ( with vocal cord vibration ) between vowels . All Proto - Dravidian roots were monosyllables . Proto - Dravidian used only suffixes , never prefixes or infixes . Hence , the roots of ...
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... vibrations to the perilymph that fills the vestibule . Its motion thus resembles that of a bell - crank lever rather than that of a piston ( Figure 7 ) . Adapted from S.S. Stevens and H. Davis , Hearing : Its Psychology and Physiology ...
... vibrations to the perilymph that fills the vestibule . Its motion thus resembles that of a bell - crank lever rather than that of a piston ( Figure 7 ) . Adapted from S.S. Stevens and H. Davis , Hearing : Its Psychology and Physiology ...
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... vibrations per second to the shrill tone of 24,000 vibrations per second , the highest tone audible to a young human ear , a certain section of the basilar and tectorial membranes in the cochlea is set into maximum vibration . The ...
... vibrations per second to the shrill tone of 24,000 vibrations per second , the highest tone audible to a young human ear , a certain section of the basilar and tectorial membranes in the cochlea is set into maximum vibration . The ...
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