What describes a sound wave as it travels through a medium

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Bob Lee · Answer 1 · 2019-10-11T10:47:17+0000

Sound waves in air (and any fluid medium) are longitudinal waves because particles of the medium through which the sound is transported vibrate parallel to the direction that the sound wave moves.

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