sound wave

See also: soundwave

English

Alternative forms

• soundwave

Noun

sound wave (plural sound waves)

1. (physics) The longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.

Translations

longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material

• Arabic: مَوْجَة صَوْتِيَّة f (mawja ṣawtiyya)
• Belarusian: гукава́я хва́ля f (hukavája xválja)
• Bulgarian: зву́кова вълна́ f (zvúkova vǎlná)
• Catalan: ona sonora f, ona acústica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲波 / 声波 (zh) (shēngbō), 音波 (zh) (yīnbō)

• Crimean Tatar: davuş tolqunı
• Czech: zvuková vlna f
• Danish: lydbølge c
• Dutch: geluidsgolf (nl) f
• Estonian: helilaine (et)
• Finnish: ääniaalto (fi)
• French: onde sonore (fr) f, onde acoustique (fr) f
• German: Schallwelle (de) f
• Greek: ηχητικό κύμα (el) n (ichitikó kýma)
• Hebrew: גַּל קוֹל (he) m (gal kol)
• Hungarian: hanghullám (hu)
• Irish: fuaimthonn f
• Italian: onda sonora f
• Japanese: 音波 (ja) (おんぱ, onpa)
• Korean: 음파(音波) (ko) (eumpa)
• Latvian: skaņas vilnis m
• Malay: gelombang bunyi (ms)
• Maori: ngaru oro
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydbølge m or f

  Nynorsk: lydbølgje f

• Polish: fala dźwiękowa f
• Portuguese: onda sonora f
• Romanian: undă acustică f, undă sonoră f
• Russian: звукова́я волна́ f (zvukovája volná)
• Slovak: zvuková vlna f
• Spanish: onda sonora f, onda acústica (es) f
• Swedish: ljudvåg (sv) c
• Turkish: ses dalgası
• Ukrainian: звукова́ хви́ля f (zvuková xvýlja)

See also

• sound wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia