"longitudinal wave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: longitudinal waves [plural]
Etymology: From longitudinal + wave. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|longitudinal|wave}} longitudinal + wave Head templates: {{en-noun}} longitudinal wave (plural longitudinal waves)
  1. (physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel. Wikipedia link: longitudinal wave Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: transverse wave Translations (type of wave): 縱波 (Chinese Cantonese), 纵波 (zung³ bo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 縱波 (Chinese Mandarin), 纵波 (zòngbō) (Chinese Mandarin), længdebølge [common-gender] (Danish), pitkittäisaalto (Finnish), onde longitudinale [feminine] (French), Longitudinalwelle [feminine] (German), Längswelle [feminine] (German), onda longitudinale [feminine] (Italian), 縦波 (tatenami) (Japanese), 종파 (jongpa) (Korean), അനുദൈർഘ്യതരംഗം (anudaiṟghyataraṅgaṁ) (Malayalam), onda longitudinal [feminine] (Portuguese), продольная волна (prodolʹnaja volna) [feminine] (Russian), onda longitudinal [feminine] (Spanish), along ayon (Tagalog), sóng dọc (Vietnamese)

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