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Two views of cochlear mechanics B.svg this image the partition vibrates up and down like flicked rope and wave of displacement sweeps from base high frequencies to apex low frequencies Where the wave broadly peaks depends on frequency An alternative resonance view shown here is that independent elements on the partition can vibrate