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longitudinal wave

noun

Etymology

From longitudinal + wave.

  1. derived from *webʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wabōną✻
  3. inherited from *wabōn✻
  4. inherited from wafian
  5. inherited from waven
  6. compounded as longitudinal wave — “longitudinal + wave”

Definitions

  1. Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.

The neighborhood

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