It also transmits vibrations between the top and the back of the instrument.
In a series of experiments, healthy 75-year-olds stood on a platform that transmitted randomly varying vibrations to the soles of their feet.
Theory needs a medium to join matter and spirit, just as physics once needed an "ether" to transmit and transmute vibrations.
The ash shaft transmits vibrations and noise and I can actually hear what is happening down below.
A shaker transmits low-frequency vibrations into various surfaces so that they can be felt by people.
The rock transmits vibrations in all directions.
The ability of the tympanum and stapes to effectively transmit vibrations is called impedance matching.
They seemed to communicate by striking their claws and tails upon the ground, a better medium for transmitting vibrations than the thin air.
The thumb and index finger each transmits vibrations at a distinctive frequency, while the three other fingers generate a third frequency, he said.
Noisy neighbors in the cabin, shrieking, tapping their feet on the perfect surface for transmitting vibrations.