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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sound wave¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

With their headphones on, they bobbed their heads to the beats they were cooking up and watched intently as sound waves danced across their laptop screens.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, these were plasma waves, and not sound waves.

From Salon

They point to a health centre that they say struggles to accurately measure patients' blood pressure at times because the sound waves from the concerts disturb the readings in their machines.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• radio wave