longitudinal wave

English

Etymology

longitudinal +‎ wave

Noun

longitudinal wave (plural longitudinal waves)

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

Translations

type of wave

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 縱波／纵波 (zung³ bo¹)

  Mandarin: 縱波／纵波 (zh) (zòngbō), 纵波 (zh) (zòngbō)

• Danish: længdebølge c
• Finnish: pitkittäisaalto
• French: onde longitudinale f
• German: Longitudinalwelle (de) f, Längswelle (de) f
• Italian: onda longitudinale f
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• 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