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sound wave

noun

Physics.
  1. a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.


sound wave

noun

  1. a wave that propagates sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of sound wave1

First recorded in 1865–70
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To counter this, they used a “sonicator”, which blasts the bubbles with sound waves in order to dislodge them.

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They call this process “Chromasonic Refrequencing,” and it’s an attempt to synchronize light and sound waves, using technology to visualize these frequencies.

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Depending on its dimensions, the cylinder will ring with radio waves of a specific frequency, just as a bottle will whistle with sound waves of a set pitch if you blow across its mouth.

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The energy in sound waves diminishes the farther they travel from the source.

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Sonogenetics gives researchers a way to precisely control the brains, while airy-beam technology allows researchers to bend or steer the sound waves to generate arbitrary beam patterns inside the brain with a high spatial resolution.

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