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transverse_wave

transverse wave

English

Noun

transverse wave ‎(plural transverse waves)

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

Translations

type of wave

Chinese:

Cantonese: 橫波 ‎(waang⁴ bo¹)

Mandarin: 橫波 (zh), 横波 (zh) ‎(héngbō)
Danish: tværbølge c
Finnish: poikittaisaalto

French: onde transversale f
German: Transversalwelle (de) f, Querwelle (de) f, Schubwelle f, Scherwelle f
Italian: onda trasversale f
Japanese: 横波 ‎(yokonami)
Korean: 횡파 ‎(hoengpa)
Portuguese: onda transversal f
Russian: поперечная волна f ‎(poperečnaja volna)
Spanish: onda transversal f
Tagalog: along halang
Vietnamese: sóng ngang

See also

longitudinal wave