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The longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acoustic wave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave, undulation
Narrower terms: air wave
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مَوْجَة صَوْتِيَّة
(mawja ṣawtiyya)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Belarusian:
гукава́я хва́ля
(hukavája xválja)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Bulgarian:
зву́кова вълна́
(zvúkova vǎlná)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Catalan:
ona sonora
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Catalan:
ona acústica
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Chinese Mandarin:
聲波 /声波
(shēngbō)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Chinese Mandarin:
音波
(yīnbō)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Crimean Tatar:
davuş tolqunı
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Czech:
zvuková vlna
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Danish:
lydbølge
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Dutch:
geluidsgolf
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Estonian:
helilaine
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Finnish:
ääniaalto
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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French:
onde sonore
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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French:
onde acoustique
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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German:
Schallwelle
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Greek:
ηχητικό κύμα
(ichitikó kýma)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Hebrew:
גַּל קוֹל
(gal kol)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Hungarian:
hanghullám
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Irish:
fuaimthonn
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Italian:
onda sonora
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Japanese:
音波
(onpa)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Korean:
음파
(eumpa)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Latvian:
skaņas vilnis
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Malay:
gelombang bunyi
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Māori:
ngaru oro
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lydbølge
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ljodbylgje
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Polish:
fala dźwiękowa
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Portuguese:
onda sonora
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Romanian:
undă acustică
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Romanian:
undă sonoră
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Russian:
звукова́я волна́
(zvukovája volná)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Slovak:
zvuková vlna
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Spanish:
onda sonora
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Spanish:
onda acústica
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Swedish:
ljudvåg
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Turkish:
ses dalgası
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
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Ukrainian:
звукова́ хви́ля
(zvuková xvýlja)
— longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
