longitudinal wave
longitudinal wave noun: any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.
Noun
longitudinal wave (plural longitudinal waves)
- Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.
longitudinal wave meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
longitudinal wave in Tamil
- நீளவாட்டு அலை, நெடுக்கலை, நெடுக்கு அலை, நெட்டலை
longitudinal wave in Malayalam
- type of wave
- അനുദൈർഘ്യതരംഗം anudaiṟghyataraṅgaṁ
longitudinal wave in Tagalog
- type of wave
- along ayon
More languagesFewer languages
- longitudinal wave in Vietnamese
- sóng dọc
Forms of longitudinal wave
| plural | longitudinal waves |
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Origin of longitudinal wave
From longitudinal + wave.
Questions about longitudinal wave
- What does longitudinal wave mean?
- Longitudinal wave means any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.
- What is longitudinal wave in Tamil?
- Longitudinal wave in Tamil is நீளவாட்டு அலை, நெடுக்கலை, நெடுக்கு அலை. See Longitudinal wave meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is longitudinal wave?
- Longitudinal wave is a noun.
- What is the plural of longitudinal wave?
- The plural of longitudinal wave is longitudinal waves.
Words near longitudinal wave in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: longitudinal wave (page history and authors); longitudinal wave (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitudinal wave (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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