sound wave
Americannoun
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sound waves
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sound wave
First recorded in 1865–70
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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
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
The sound wave that reaches you when a friend is talking is the motion of molecules in the air.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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