Whistle facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

A whistle is a thing to make a high sound, or the act of making a similar sound with a person's breath through their lips.

Images for kids

  • Party whistle on radio

    A party whistle.

  • Pea Whistle

    A metal pea whistle.

  • Carved whalebone whistle dated 1821. London. 8 cm long

    Carved whalebone whistle dated 1821. 8 cm long.

  • MonopoleSphere

    Point monopole

  • DipoleSphere

    Point dipole

  • FeedbackLoop

    Whistle feedback loop

  • ToneStages

    Nonlinear feedback stages

  • UnstableJet

    Instability of laminar jets

  • UnstableWaterJet

    Unstable water jet

  • HoleTone01

    Hole Tone geometry

  • HoleTone02

    Hole Tone frequencies

  • PipeWhistle

    Corrugated pipe whistle

  • PipeTone

    An acoustical diode

  • HartmannWhistle

    The Hartmann whistle

  • Galton'sPipe

    The Galton whistle

  • RijkeResonator

    The Rijke tube

  • HumanWhistle

    Human whistle sound

  • VortexStreet01

    Cylinder vortex street

  • Ribner02

    Aeolian Tone

  • DipoleFlowField04

    Cylinder vortex development

  • Ribner05

    Aeolian tone

  • DeltameterStrouhal

    Vortex flow meter

  • VortexStreet02

    Mountain vortex street

  • TrailingEdgeTone

    Glider sound

  • TrailingEdgeNoise

    Trailing edge tone

  • TrailingEdgeSpectrum

    Trailing edge spectra

  • CircularSaw

    Part of saw blade

  • RingDipole

    Ring flow field

  • RingFrequency

    Ring sound

  • VortexWhistle

    The vortex whistle

  • VortexWhistleFrequency

    Vortex Whistle frequencies

  • Swirlmeter01

    Flow meter

  • DipoleFlowField06

    edge tone vortices

  • DipoleFlowField03

    edge tone dipole-like flow

  • ReverseEdgeTone

    Wake edge tone

  • PoliceWhistleFlow

    police whistle operation

  • LevavasseurWhistle

    Levavasseur whistle

  • FluidicOscillator05

    Fluidic device

  • FluidicOscillator04

    Strouhal number

  • FluidicOscillatorThesis

    Strouhal number

  • NativeFlute

    Native American Style flute


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