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sound wave

NOUN
wave that transmits sound
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It has been explained to BBC Sport that the technology used in Australia has a two-frame gap between the pictures and the sound wave.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2025

As such, one could say that life on Earth as we know it in some way originated from a sound wave.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2025

The researchers then placed a sound wave generator on each side of the device and slanted them so that sound waves travel through the underlying platform to enter the droplet.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

“The sound wave, because it’s so big, can’t see fine detail,” says David Jourdan, an engineer whose company Nauticos has led three expeditions in search of Earhart.

From National Geographic Jan. 30, 2024

In a sound wave, then, there is no displacement wherever the air molecules are at a normal density.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones



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