sound_wave has definitions from the fields of physics,acoustics
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[ noun ] (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound

Synonyms

acoustic_wave

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

We know that the number of radio and television impulses , sound_waves , ultra-violet rays , etc. , that may occupy the very same space , each solitary upon its own frequency , is infinite .

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