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ELECTRIC ORGAN [2 records]

Record 1 2021-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Fish
CONT

[A] bioelectric organ, also called [an] electric organ, [is a] system of tissues specialized for the production and use of electrical power in a living organism. Well developed in a wide variety of fishes, both marine and freshwater, indicating an early evolutionary development, bioelectric organs probably represent a specialization of a common bioelectrical capacity of all living cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Poissons
CONT

Chez les torpilles, deux organes électriques volumineux sont localisés juste sous la peau. Ils sont composés de plus de 150 000 plaques électriques, semblables à de miniscules piles qui, combinées, peuvent produire une décharge atteignant 37 volts.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Music
OBS

--designed to simulate existing timbres (...) three basic systems: (...) rotating electromagnetic generators (...) rotating electrostatic generators (...) and the transformation of light into sounds by (...) a photoelectric cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique électronique
OBS

--dans certaines (...) on module le courant (...) à l'aide d'une cellule photoélectrique (...) Dans d'autres [on] fait varier le flux magnétique (...) ces instruments (...) ne produisent [ que des imitations imparfaites.]

Spanish

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