| In fact Fresnel had already published his theory that light was a transverse wave but, although Doppler had read Fresnel's work, he did not accept it. |
| A transverse wave is one in which the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction of the wave's propagation. |
| As for compressional waves, background plasma flow and β conditions are significantly different from the case of transverse wave. |
| Most aquatic animals use the jet-stream propulsion in a form of propagating a transverse wave along the body from head to tail. |
| Electromagnetic radiation can be polarized and therefore we conclude that electromagnetic radiation must be a transverse wave. |
| This discovery led him to the conclusion that light was not a longitudinal wave as previously supposed but a transverse wave. |
