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sound_wave

sound wave

See also: soundwave

English

Alternative forms

soundwave

Noun

sound wave ‎(plural sound waves)

(physics) the longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.

Translations

longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material

Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲波 (zh), 声波 (zh) ‎(shēngbō), 音波 (zh) ‎(yīnbō)
Crimean Tatar: davuş tolqunı
Danish: lydbølge c
Estonian: helilaine
Finnish: ääniaalto (fi)
French: onde sonore f
German: Schallwelle (de) f
Hebrew: גל קול (he)
Hungarian: hanghullám (hu)

Italian: onda sonora f
Japanese: 音波 ‎(おんぱ, onpa)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lydbølge m, f

Nynorsk: lydbølgje f
Portuguese: onda sonora f
Romanian: undă acustică f, undă sonoră f
Russian: звукова́я волна́ f ‎(zvukovája volná)
Spanish: onda sonora f, onda acústica (es) f
Swedish: ljudvåg (sv) c

See also

sound wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia