real life examples of longitudinal wave
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Definition:
In longitudinal waves, the vibrations are parallel to the direction of wave travel.
Examples of longitudinal waves include:
Longitudinal waves examples of longitudinal waves include
Seismic waves
sound waves
ultrasound waves
seismic P-waves
waves in a helical spring
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An example of a longitudinal wave is a sound wave. These waves are composed of compressions (where the waves are close to each-other), and rare-fractions (where the waves are farther away). For instance when you clap your hands, you are compressing the air particles in between your hands for a split second which makes the clapping noise you are familiar with. This is how speakers work, they hit the air thousands of times per second at various frequencies to make sounds. longitudinal waves need a medium to travel through such as air. In space longitudinal waves such as sound do not travel.