transverse vibrations

plural nounPhysics.

periodic disturbances for which the particle oscillations of the medium are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

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It is quite clear that it will make transverse vibrations similarly in all horizontal directions.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 | Various
But as the head increases, so do the lateral velocities which go to form the transverse vibrations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 | Various
The idea of transverse vibrations carried with it another puzzle.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
Let us therefore endeavour to form a mental picture of this aetherial wave motion with its transverse vibrations.
Aether and Gravitation | William George Hooper

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