Meanings
nounsound wave (plural sound waves)
plural sound waves · alternative soundwave
- natural sciencesThe longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَوْجَة صَوْتِيَّة
- مَوْجَة صَوْتِيَّة (mawja ṣawtiyya)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Bulgarian зву́кова вълна́
- зву́кова вълна́ (zvúkova vălná)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Catalan ona sonora, ona acústica
- ona sonoralongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
- ona acústicalongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Chinese Mandarin 聲波 /声波, 音波
- 聲波 /声波 (shēngbō)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
- 音波 (yīnbō)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Czech zvuková vlna
- zvuková vlnalongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Danish lydbølge
- lydbølgelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Dutch geluidsgolf
- geluidsgolflongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Estonian helilaine
- helilainelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Finnish ääniaalto
- ääniaaltolongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
French onde sonore, onde acoustique
- onde sonorelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
- onde acoustiquelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
German Schallwelle
- Schallwellelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Greek ηχητικό κύμα
- ηχητικό κύμα (ichitikó kýma)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Hebrew גַּל קוֹל
- גַּל קוֹל (gal kol)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Hungarian hanghullám
- hanghullámlongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Irish fuaimthonn
- fuaimthonnlongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Italian onda sonora
- onda sonoralongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Japanese 音波
- 音波 (onpa)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Korean 음파
- 음파 (eumpa)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Latvian skaņas vilnis
- skaņas vilnislongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Malay gelombang bunyi
- gelombang bunyilongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Māori ngaru oro
- ngaru orolongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Norwegian Bokmål lydbølge
- lydbølgelongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Polish fala dźwiękowa
- fala dźwiękowalongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Portuguese onda sonora
- onda sonoralongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Romanian undă acustică, undă sonoră
- undă acusticălongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
- undă sonorălongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Russian звукова́я волна́
- звукова́я волна́ (zvukovája volná)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Slovak zvuková vlna
- zvuková vlnalongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Spanish onda sonora, onda acústica
- onda sonoralongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
- onda acústicalongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Swedish ljudvåg
- ljudvåglongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Turkish ses dalgası
- ses dalgasılongitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Ukrainian звукова́ хви́ля
- звукова́ хви́ля (zvuková xvýlja)longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material
Cite this entry
APA
sound wave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20wave
MLA
“sound wave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20wave. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sound wave,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20wave.
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