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(Also called compressional wave.) An irrotational plane wave A parallel to the propagation direction in the sense that if A = A 0 exp(ik ?x - i t), where k is the wave vector, then k ?A = 0. An example is an acoustic wave in an inviscid medium. Compare transverse wave.
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| longitudinal wave |
A wave in which the vibration is moving in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling.
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| longitudinal wave |
?a wave that vibrates in the same direction as its length
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| longitudinal wave |
A type of wave where the material it is passing through moves in the same direction as the wave. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
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| longitudinal wave |
Wave in which the direction of displacement at each point of the medium is normal to the wavefront.
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