🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

onda longitudinale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: on-da lon-ji-tu-din-a-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Longitudinal Wave/ˌlɒn.dʒɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl weɪv/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Le onde sonore sono un esempio di onde longitudinali."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A wave in which the particle displacement is parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

    "Sound waves are a common example of longitudinal waves, where air particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction as the wave travels."
  2. 2

    A type of mechanical wave that requires a medium to travel through.

    "In a longitudinal wave, such as a compression wave in a slinky, the coils move closer together and then further apart as the wave passes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'longitudinal' originates from the Latin word 'longitudo', meaning 'length', combined with 'wave', which comes from the Old English 'wafian', meaning 'to wave'. The concept has evolved in physics to describe waves where the particle displacement is parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

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