Sound Wave Definition

noun
A longitudinal pressure wave stimulated by a mechanical disturbance of an elastic medium, as air, at some source and propagated by the action of disturbed particles on adjacent particles; esp., any of such waves within the range of those audible to the human ear (c. 15 cycles to 20,000 cycles per second)
Webster's New World

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

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Synonyms:
  • acoustic wave

Other Word Forms of Sound Wave

Noun

Singular:
sound wave
Plural:
sound-waves

Sound Wave Sentence Examples

  • The same kind of thing happens with sound-wave fronts when travelling with the wind.

  • The force on a panel due to a sound wave in air could be described by Newtons Second Law of Motion.

  • The whole process is exactly analogous to the operation by which a violin string or organ pipe creates an air or sound wave.

  • Frequency-Sound, whether traveling through air or the human body, produces vibrations-molecules bouncing into each other-as the sound wave travels along.

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