sound wave
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sound wave
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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This caused a discrepancy between the pictures and sound wave shown to TV umpire Chris Gaffaney.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 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
First, a fuel droplet is levitated, i.e. trapped in the air, using a standing sound wave.
From Science Daily • May 15, 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
Those molecules in turn disturb other nearby molecules out of their normal patterns of random motion, so that the disturbance itself becomes a thing that moves through the air — a sound wave.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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