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If the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of propagation of wave, as in sound waves that's why sound waves are called longitudinal waves.
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∙ 13y agoa sound wave is longitudinal.
this is because the wave compress and expand the air particles around them. ( that is what a longitudinal wave does).
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∙ 11y agoA sound wave is a longitudinal wave because it compresses the air and a longitudinal wave is also known as a compression wave.
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Are sound waves longitudinal in solids?
No Sound waves are longitudinal. Being longitudinal they cannot be POLARISED.
Are sound waves transverse waves while light waves are longitudinal waves or are all sound waves and light waves longitudinal waves?
Light waves are transverse.Sound waves may be transverse or longitudinal. Sound in gases can only be longitudinal.
Are soundwaves longitudinal waves?
longitudinal wave
Is a sound wave a transverse wave or longitudinal wave?
Sound waves are longitudinal.
What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound waves are an example of Longitudinal waves. They are waves in which the particle is displaced in a parallel direction to the direction of velocity of the wave. They are formed by a compression and expansion of particles.sound is an example for longitudinal wavesound waveLongitudinal waves, also known as "l-waves", are waves in which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the direction of travel of the wave.
How are longitudinal waves used in communication?
All sound waves are longitudinal (compression/rarefaction) waves.
Are sound waves in air transverse or longitudinal?
Longitudinal.
What kind of wave are sound waves?
Sound waves are longitudinal waves; they travel from side to side, not up and down like transverse waves.
Is longitudinal a sound wave?
A sound wave is indeed a longitudinal wave as opposed to a transverse wave
How are sound waves longitudinal?
Yes sound waves are longitudinal, rather than transverse, the oscillate parallel to the direction of travel
Sound waves are longitudinal waves why?
For a sound wave traveling through air, the vibrations of the particles are best described as longitudinal.
Sound waves are waves.?
sounds waves are longitudinal and mechanical waves
