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Definition of Sound wave

1. Noun. (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound.

Definition of Sound wave

1. Noun. (physics) the longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sound Wave

Literary usage of Sound wave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"You see the wavy line that I have thus produced I want you to imagine this to illustrate the light wave, although of course it represents a sound wave. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In this way each sound-wave causes a breaking and closing [ein Oeffnen und ein Schliessen] of the current [Stromes]. "The coil at the distant .station is ..."

3. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1911)
"Thus suppose we have a plane sound-wave, in which the wave- front is a vertical ... Now the sound-wave will travel at the same speed through the air, but, ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1903)
"When a sound-wave passes from one medium to another, the direction in which the sound-wave is travelling is in general altered, and is said to be refracted. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1902)
"When a sound-wave passes from one medium to another, the direction in which the sound-wave is travelling is in general altered, and is said to be refracted. ..."

6. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"If while such a sound wave is passing over a photographic plate in the dark, the wave is instantaneously illuminated by a single distant electric spark, ..."

7. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"If while such a sound wave is passing over a photographic plate in the dark, the wave is instantaneously illuminated by a single distant electric spark, ..."

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