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Re: Lost in Space
Posted By: Diane, on host 38.26.63.71
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 1998, at 14:09:12
In Reply To: Re: Lost in Space posted by Darien on Wednesday, October 7, 1998, at 13:34:01:

> I may have used the wrong name. I haven't taken a physics course in several years, and, while I remember all the information, I occasionally mix the names up. In this case I was referring to the distortion of sound waves with velocity - the reason you get that sort of "vrrrrr-ooooom" sound when a car drives past you.

That's the Doppler effect. :)

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