longitudinal wave

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 (zung3 bo1) Mandarin: 縱波／纵波 (zh) (zòngbō) Danish: længdebølge c Finnish: pitkittäisaalto French: onde longitudinale f German: Longitudinalwelle (de) f, Längswelle (de) f Italian: onda longitudinale f Japanese: 縦波 (tatenami) Korean: 종파 (ko) (jongpa) Malayalam: അനുദൈർഘ്യതരംഗം (anudaiṟghyataraṅgaṃ) Portuguese: onda longitudinal f Russian: продольная волна f (prodolʹnaja volna) Spanish: onda longitudinal f Tagalog: along ayon Vietnamese: sóng dọc

See also

• transverse wave