When the goal is acoustic quietening, a number of different aspects might be considered.

The still small voice suggests a quiet listening, a quietening of the noises in the heart, as well as the noises going on outside.

He heard the girl's sudden relief--the relaxation of her tenseness, the quietening of her heartbeat.

Because of the quietening of submarines, resulting in shorter passive detection ranges, there has been interest in low frequency active for ocean surveillance.

His main achievement was to persuade very good research students to tackle important but interesting problems which ranged from the aeroacoustics of supersonic flight, to the quietening of underwater platforms.

Some of the floral anti-depressants such as rose and neroli induced more alpha, theta and delta waves, indicating a quietening of mental 'chatter' and the mind moving into a state approaching meditation.

He worked on quieting his mind and clearing it of all thoughts.

And growth in air tourism, they say, is threatening further progress toward the Government's goal of quieting the skies over half the park.

Since quieting is crucial to stealth, the most advanced methods are highly classified.

Now, he says, the "noise in his head" is quieting and his nightmares have stopped.

"Not so much quieting down as reaching a series of dead ends," Ria said wearily.

He set about quieting the women.

After midnight, a show behind them, they wheeled their bicycles along Commercial Street, which was slowly quieting down for the evening.

This nuisance is so persistent that the Hindus (in their scientific way) devised a special practice for quieting it.

It would go a long way toward quieting the 9 mm blast, but at such close range the noise might still be heard by the other bandits.

United Parcel Service said today that it had met the December 1999 Federal deadline for quieting noisy airplanes, becoming the first airline to do so.

When Mutimbwa had succeeded in quieting and rallying his warriors, it was discovered that the white prisoner, whom they thought was Tarzan, had disappeared.

Darnall later wrote: "Wee being in this condition and no hope left of quieting the people thus enraged, to prevent effusion of blood, capitulated and surrendered."

When they know themselves to be baffled, there is no danger in quieting the public mind, and saving their own credit, by announcing that they are about to be successful."

Emptying his mind, quieting his thoughts with the aura-hiding discipline of the Lifeweavers had a succoring side effect: it kept him from thinking about what he had just done.

Interference, or noise, mitigation and hence electromagnetic compatibility is achieved primarily by addressing both emission and susceptibility issues, i.e., quieting the sources of interference and hardening the potential victims.

The strain of the tension, of quieting their fears and not screaming because it would give them away, of steadying frayed nerves to retain their discipline, while all the time they wanted to run.

"Dead Full Quieting," a radio term which describes an FM radio signal reception good enough that it creates a static free silence when no voice or music audio is being sent over the frequency.

By his gentleness and affability he succeeded in quieting the dissensions which had distracted the diocese during the time of his predecessor and was thenceforward known as the "Angel of Peace".

Although the Red Sox and Orioles are closer to the top and several Yanks played down the next two clashes with Toronto, there is importance in quieting the two-time World Series champions.

The aid request must still go to Congress, where the Bush administration's support could go a long way toward quieting protests from Republican budget hawks who are increasingly concerned about the growing federal deficit, particularly in an election year.

These patent medicines included things such as Godfrey's Cordial, Dalby's Carminative, McMunn's Elixir, Batley's Sedative Solution, and Mother Bailey's Quieting Syrup.

"They've been getting on me for eight years now," he said after quieting them with a few clutch fourth-quarter jump shots and 35 points which helped the Knicks to a 106-103 victory over the team with the best record in the league.

With Smarty Jones in the midst of a brief vacation, quieting the mania that surrounded his every move, horse racing's spotlight will shift temporarily today, focusing on some horses trying to nudge their way back into the limelight.

Swift Striker huddled close again, wrapping his tail around the two-leg's arm, stroking his head against the two-leg's cheek, focusing all his own energy on quieting the deep currents of fear and despair he could taste so strongly in the two-leg's broken mind.

Exactly how much help the Chinese design team received from Rubin Design Bureau is unknown, but could have included assistance in some critical areas such as overall hull design, engine and machinery quieting, combat system design, and weapon system and countermeasures outfit.

But the voice in her head would not be quietened.

This is another good game to quieten down the party.

Well let's see if we can get things quietened down for your life.

Things may quieten down, but they will pick up again.

At the end of the song he quietened them again.

In a few moments, things will start to quieten down out there.

The passion of his words quietened them all for a moment.

Then they quietened down a lot more, like children who have just seen the teacher's expression.

About 4 am things quietened down, and we went home to get a spot of sleep.

He decided it was better to leave the library until the place had quietened down.

But if you visit in the next few weeks, the place will have quietened down significantly.

I see no reason to quieten down or forgive it.

The others had quietened down a bit and they were watching me with anticipation.

He stayed in and around London for 15 months, until things had quietened down.

He tried to get in a few digs about you but I quietened him.

On his feet now, swaying between two friends, a woman trying to quieten him.

They quietened when she approached, and none of them stood.

He quietened down then, shaking his head like a man coming out of a deep sleep.

"Karen," one of the women said and the whole table quietened.

It is not know whether the offer was renewed once things had quietened down.

I have to quieten and reassure him that nothing has changed.

The boy put his arms round its long neck, and it quietened down.

Things have certainly quietened down since then, so you shouldn't worry about coming here.

They quietened down, like rowdy children who have just seen the teacher come into the room.

She saw that Elizabeth was really upset, and needed to be quietened.

This is another good game to quieten down the party.

Well let's see if we can get things quietened down for your life.

Things may quieten down, but they will pick up again.

In a few moments, things will start to quieten down out there.

Then they quietened down a lot more, like children who have just seen the teacher's expression.

About 4 am things quietened down, and we went home to get a spot of sleep.

He decided it was better to leave the library until the place had quietened down.

But if you visit in the next few weeks, the place will have quietened down significantly.

I see no reason to quieten down or forgive it.

The others had quietened down a bit and they were watching me with anticipation.

He stayed in and around London for 15 months, until things had quietened down.

He quietened down then, shaking his head like a man coming out of a deep sleep.

It is not know whether the offer was renewed once things had quietened down.

The boy put his arms round its long neck, and it quietened down.

Things have certainly quietened down since then, so you shouldn't worry about coming here.

They quietened down, like rowdy children who have just seen the teacher come into the room.

They all quietened down and looked at each other.

Often they were shouting so loud the women had to ask them to quieten down.

It also impressed his sister, who quietened down and looked at him with new respect.

Later, after everything quietened down, he lowered the dog into the pool.

I'll come back for you when everything has quietened down.'

When the class quietened down, he said: "I just did violence to those vegetables."

She might have quietened down a bit by now, but you know what she's like.'

I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down.

Those kids had quietened down, probably got bored with arguing and gone back to sleep.

They seemed to have quieted down in the south room.

When she quieted down I went to see how the guy was.

They quieted just enough to hear whatever he had to say.

He looked down at them and they quieted to hear him.

The moment he came up to them, they quieted down, looking at him.

Things have since quieted down, but they may soon heat up again.

That game quieted quickly, but this one was just getting started.

At first she had thought, Good, things are quieting down.

Up until then everything had quieted down and it was all right.

But then she'd quieted down and tried to make a go of it.

The room quieted and all eyes turned in his direction.

He saw how the class had quieted down to listen.

His heart quieted down, and it seemed like he could think better.

The crowd quieted so as to better hear his words.

After that things quieted down, but there was no way to get clear.

The letter took almost three weeks to get here and, of course, everything has quieted down where you are now.

Just as it was quieting, he began to speak again.

She quieted when I had looked into her yellow eyes.

The King answered when all had quieted down once more.

They finally quieted him and began to discuss the evidence.

After a moment, her eyes quieted down, and she smiled just a bit.

By 1989, the domestic political situation in the country seemed to have quieted.

There is no one better at quieting a crowd on the road.

Nathan held up his hands and actually quieted the room.

Her heart had quieted and she could hear properly again.