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...breakdown of touch is less a matter of semantics than of anatomy: each of these senses, says Foerster, "has its own receptor cells to receive impressions of the outside world, and its own nerve pathways...
...appeared to be close to four microns or multiples thereof. It is noteworthy that four microns is one-half the wave length of eight microns, which is well within the emission band of the female." Duane & Tyler suggest: "The male . . . moth has a tuned antenna array which is his receptor for locating the female...
...Haagen-Smit believes that the shape of a compound's molecule is important in determining what it smells like. The nose, he thinks, contains "receptors" which are designed to respond to molecules of certain shapes. When one of these comes along, the receptor recognizes it by its shape, and sends a nerve message which the brain interprets as an odor...
...closing, he extracted the battery from his back which supplies the power for the receptor which he carries in his ear. He did not, however, point out the dangers of sitting on one of the terminals...
...Macumba devotees the chicken has great significance as a receptor of evil spirits. A practical-joking American in Brazil once put a dead chicken outside a friend's house. The servants vanished...