What's the difference between mechanical and microphonics?
Mechanical
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
(a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
(a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
(a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.
(n.) A mechanic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such a signal must be due to a small ferromagnetic crystal formed when the nerve is subjected to pressure, such as that due to mechanical injury.
(2) These data suggest that the hybrid is formed by the same mechanism in the absence and presence of the urea step.
(3) Some common eye movement deficits, and concepts such as 'the neural integrator' and the 'velocity storage mechanism', for which anatomical substrates are still sought, are introduced.
(4) We have investigated the effect of methimazole (MMI) on cell-mediated immunity and ascertained the mechanisms of immunosuppression produced by the drug.
(5) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(6) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
(7) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(8) The following is a brief review of the history, mechanism of action, and potential adverse effects of neuromuscular blockers.
(9) However, the mechanism of the inhibitory action is still somewhat uncertain.
(10) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(11) We studied the hemodynamic changes caused by bronchoscopy under LA in mechanically ventilated patients and the effect of LA on the endoscopic decline in arterial pO2.
(12) Together these observations suggest that cytotactin is an endogenous cell surface modulatory protein and provide a possible mechanism whereby cytotactin may contribute to pattern formation during development, regeneration, tumorigenesis, and wound healing.
(13) Dilutional studies comparing the mechanism of inhibition of monoamine oxidase produced by Gerovital H3 and by ipronizid demonstrated that Gerovital H3 was a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase.
(14) To investigate the mechanism of enhanced responsiveness of cholesterol-enriched human platelets, we compared stimulation by surface-membrane-receptor (thrombin) and post-receptor (AlF4-) G-protein-directed pathways.
(15) Based on our results, we propose the following hypotheses for the neurochemical mechanisms of motion sickness: (1) the histaminergic neuron system is involved in the signs and symptoms of motion sickness, including vomiting; (2) the acetylcholinergic neuron system is involved in the processes of habituation to motion sickness, including neural store mechanisms; and (3) the catecholaminergic neuron system in the brain stem is not related to the development of motion sickness.
(16) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
(17) The mechanism by which pertussis toxin (PT) breaks the unresponsiveness of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was examined in B10 mice.
(18) This suggests that a physiological mechanism exists which can increase the barrier pressure to gastrooesophageal reflux during periods of active secretion of the stomach, as occurs in digestion.
(19) The macrophage-derived product, interleukin 1 (IL 1) is thought to play an important regulatory role in the proliferation of T lymphocytes; however, its mechanism of action is unknown.
(20) Adding a layer of private pensions, it was thought, does not involve Government mechanisms and keeps the money in the private sector.
Microphonics
Definition:
(n.) The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I pulled the microphone in front of my seat, not a knife.
(2) I’ve warned Dave before to mind his ps and qs when the cameras are rolling, but the problem is you can never tell when the microphones are switched on.
(3) The effects of auditory fatigue, using a temporary threshold shift (TTS) paradigm, on cochlear microphonics (CM) and on auditory brainstem-evoked potentials (ABEP), were studied in normal-hearing subjects during the development of permanent threshold shift (PTS).
(4) The microphonic potentials of liverdamage animals was lower about 3.4 dB than potentials of healthy animals.
(5) It consisted of a conventional precordial or esophageal probe connected to a microphone by a rubber adapter.
(6) It's possible that it upsets her to think about the past, or perhaps, these days, she saves her animation for the times when she is holding a microphone and standing in front of a swollen, angry crowd.
(7) The couple projected a united front, standing side by side at a microphone bank and watching attentively as the other spoke.
(8) Controlled acoustic stimuli were presented by sealed systems incorporating probe microphone assemblies.
(9) They propose a double blind test in order to attempt to demonstrate objectively the reasons which experimentally and in the Laboratory decide the choice of a hearing aid with a directional microphone or an omni-directional microphone.
(10) Josiane Nzuki, 15, raised her hand, took the microphone, and asked the organisers of Sunday’s peace concert in Goma, featuring Akon and Jude Law, why they thought the Congolese city was the best place to hold it.
(11) The variability of functional-gain measures is discussed in relation to measures of insertion gain obtained with probe-tube microphones.
(12) That is not what we heard in response.” Activists with Black Lives Matter have disrupted Democratic campaign events before, most recently when presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ceded the microphone to protests in Seattle before eventually walking off the stage.
(13) Each experiment included sound pressure level measurements to define the input signal, cochlear microphonic (CM) measurements to monitor the cochlear condition, interferometric measurements and histological evaluation of the cochleas.
(14) The response of stethoscopes and chest microphones depends on the impedance of the sound source, which must therefore have the same impedance as the body, and must emit a signal related to the sound intensity in the body when no instrument is applied.
(15) Taking the microphone from the presenter, Hayley McQueen, the 63-year-old said: “I want to say something.
(16) I was so angry I took the microphone and said, "Remember this name: David Bowie.
(17) The use of "self-wiring," windscreens, and remote microphone technology make it possible for hearing impaired persons to enjoy communication in one-to-one situations; small and large groups; large listening areas; and settings such as television listening, communicating in an automobile, and counseling with medical, educational, vocational, and spiritual advisers.
(18) Localization was always poorer at 30 degrees azimuth (the smallest used) than at any of the other azimuths (0 degree, 30 degrees, 60 degrees, 90 degrees right and left), regardless of microphone spacing.
(19) It has already been shown that the FFR in normal subjects to tone bursts with single onset phases is made up of a short latency cochlear microphonic potential (CM) and a longer latency neural component (neural FFR).
(20) The breathing sounds were recorded with the small transistor warp type microphone inserted through the nasal orifice into the trachea, main bronchi and segmental bronchi, and were analyzed with sound analyzer.