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Noun [English]

Forms: sound waves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sound wave (plural sound waves)
  1. (physics) The longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound. Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: soundwave Translations (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material): مَوْجَة صَوْتِيَّة (mawja ṣawtiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), гукава́я хва́ля (hukavája xválja) [feminine] (Belarusian), зву́кова вълна́ (zvúkova vǎlná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ona sonora [feminine] (Catalan), ona acústica [feminine] (Catalan), 聲波 (Chinese Mandarin), 声波 (shēngbō) (Chinese Mandarin), 音波 (yīnbō) (Chinese Mandarin), davuş tolqunı (Crimean Tatar), zvuková vlna [feminine] (Czech), lydbølge [common-gender] (Danish), geluidsgolf [feminine] (Dutch), helilaine (Estonian), ääniaalto (Finnish), onde sonore [feminine] (French), onde acoustique [feminine] (French), Schallwelle [feminine] (German), גַּל קוֹל (gal kol) [masculine] (Hebrew), hanghullám (Hungarian), fuaimthonn [feminine] (Irish), onda sonora [feminine] (Italian), 音波 (onpa) (alt: おんぱ) (Japanese), 음파 (eumpa) (alt: 音波) (Korean), skaņas vilnis [masculine] (Latvian), gelombang bunyi (Malay), ngaru oro (Maori), lydbølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lydbølgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fala dźwiękowa [feminine] (Polish), onda sonora [feminine] (Portuguese), undă acustică [feminine] (Romanian), undă sonoră [feminine] (Romanian), звукова́я волна́ (zvukovája volná) [feminine] (Russian), zvuková vlna [feminine] (Slovak), onda sonora [feminine] (Spanish), onda acústica [feminine] (Spanish), ljudvåg [common-gender] (Swedish), ses dalgası (Turkish), звукова́ хви́ля (zvuková xvýlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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            "feminine"
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          "tags": [
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      "roman": "mawja ṣawtiyya",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "гукава́я хва́ля"
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "word": "聲波"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngbō",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "word": "声波"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīnbō",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "word": "davuş tolqunı"
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "word": "ääniaalto"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Schallwelle"
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fala dźwiękowa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "onda sonora"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "undă acustică"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zvukovája volná",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "звукова́я волна́"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zvuková vlna"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onda sonora"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onda acústica"
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      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ljudvåg"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "word": "ses dalgası"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvuková xvýlja",
      "sense": "longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "звукова́ хви́ля"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sound wave"
}

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