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What do you understand by a sound wave?


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  1. A sound wave is the pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium (such as air, water, or any other liquid or solid matter) as it propagates away from the source of the sound.
  2. The source is some object that causes a vibration, such as a ringing telephone, or a person's vocal cords.


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