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Why issound wave called a longitudinal wave?

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Thevibration of the medium that travels alongor parallel to the direction of the wave is called a longitudinalwave. In a sound wave, the particles of the medium vibrate in thedirection parallel to the direction of the propagation ofdisturbance. Hence, a sound wave is called a longitudinal wave.


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