Guinness World Records 2013 Honorees Include Tallest Cat, Tallest Dog And Tallest Donkey. This is a bittersweet time for Debby Maraspini. The 2013 edition of Guinness World Records just came out and her beloved cat, Savannah Islands Trouble -- Trouble for short -- is in the book as the tallest cat ever, with a height of 19 inches.
Refraction is the change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another. Refraction is always accompanied by a wavelength and speed change. Diffraction is the bending of waves around obstacles and openings. The amount of diffraction increases with increasing wavelength.
Definition of sound. 1  1a : a particular auditory impression : toneb : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearingc : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing.