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Is sound wave a kind of light?

Updated: 9/22/2023
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No. Sound is a completely and totally different phenomenon from light.

Other things that are very much like light are . . .

Radio signals

Heat from the sun

"UV" (ultraviolet)

X-rays

Gamma rays from space

Sound is a completely different animal.

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