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acoustic wave

longitudinal wave that propagates by means of adiabatic compression and decompression;travels with the speed of sound which depends on the medium they're passing through
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acoustic wave

Summary

acoustic wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • acoustic wave is a type of elastic wave[2].
  • acoustic wave's studied by is recorded as physics[3].
  • acoustic wave's studied by is recorded as audiology[4].
  • acoustic wave's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[5].

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Definition and Type

acoustic wave is a type of elastic wave[2].

Why It Matters

acoustic wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

physics

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 56993, 324172, 498456
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Hearing Health
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4700310
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560986305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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