Usually means: Wave propagating through matter compression.
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  1. compression wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. compression wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. compression wave: Wiktionary
  4. compression wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. compression wave: Dictionary.com
  6. compression wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. compression wave: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compression wave)

▸ noun:  (physics) Any wave that is propagated by the compression of a fluid; examples include sound

Similar:
sound wave, shock wave, carrier wave, plane wave, shockwave, standing wave, light wave, permanent wave, matterwave, space wave, more...

Opposite:
rarefaction wave, longitudinal wave

Types:
sound wave, seismic wave, shock wave, more...

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Similar:
sound wave, shock wave, carrier wave, plane wave, shockwave, standing wave, light wave, permanent wave, matterwave, space wave, more...

Opposite:
rarefaction wave, longitudinal wave

Types:
sound wave, seismic wave, shock wave, more...



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