longitudinal wave

English

Etymology

longitudinal +‎ wave

Noun

longitudinal wave (plural longitudinal waves)

(physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.

Translations

type of wave

Chinese:
Cantonese: 縱波 (zung³ bo¹)

Mandarin: 縱波 (zh), 纵波 (zh) (zòngbō)
Danish: længdebølge c
Finnish: pitkittäisaalto
French: onde longitudinale f
German: Longitudinalwelle (de) f, Längswelle (de) f
Italian: onda longitudinale f

Japanese: 縦波 (tatenami)
Korean: 종파 (ko) (jongpa)
Portuguese: onda longitudinal f
Russian: продольная волна f (prodolʹnaja volna)
Spanish: onda longitudinal f
Tagalog: along ayon
Vietnamese: sóng dọc

See also

transverse wave

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