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What is a longitudinal wave? In which medium: solid, liquid or gas, can it be produced?
Sound Waves Propagation
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The wave in which the particles of medium vibrate about their mean positions, in the direction of propagation of sound is called a Longitudinal wave.
Longitudinal waves can be produced in solids, liquids as well as gases.
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