infrasonic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of infrasonic
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Elephants can speak to each other using infrasonic rumbles — sounds that humans are incapable of hearing — that travel long distances and warn other nearby elephants of potential danger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
One of the most striking features of the Nord Stream events is its long-lasting seismic and infrasonic signals, the researchers found.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
They communicate over long distances with infrasonic calls we can’t hear, as established by research in the 1980s by Katy Payne, who had studied the bioacoustics of whale song.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
The rumbles of earthquakes, which are too low pitched for us to hear, fall in the infrasonic range.
From The Verge ● Sep. 16, 2017
These infrasonic sounds can rattle and paralyze prey.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2013
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