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What is a sound wave?

What is a sound wave? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) the longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.
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To take the simplest example, consider a sound wave hitting the device directly from above.
This phenomenon involves the bending of a sound wave owing to changes in the wave's speed.
The bubbles grow in size until they are collapsed rapidly by the compression region of the sound wave.
We hear different sounds because of variations in the sound wave frequency.
Once this is done, you would need to place as many as 400 small speakers in various parts of the room so that the sound wave can be amplified.
Timbre, also called timber, quality of auditory sensations produced by the tone of a sound wave.

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