compression wave

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noun

a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.

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Origin of compression wave

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby compression wave

compression-ignition engine, compression molding, compression paralysis, compression ratio, compression syndrome, compression wave, compressive, compressor, comprimario, comprise, comprize

How to use compression wave in a sentence

The brain doesn’t know if the data come from photons or air compression waves picked up by the ears or mixtures of molecules picked up by the nose and the mouth.
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Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
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There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.
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The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
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We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
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What are your feelings about the wave of support that always immediately presents itself from the other side?
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
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While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
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"Yes," said Punch, lifted up in his father's arms to wave good-bye.
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"I've brought ye thet Injun I wuz tellin' ye uv," she said, with a wave of her hand toward Alessandro.
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