COMPRESSIONAL WAVE

Meaning of COMPRESSIONAL WAVE in English

[compressional wave] n (1887): a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium--called also compression wave

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COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — noun Date: 1875 a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — noun also compression wave : a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — Date: 1875 : a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium — called …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — Function: noun Date: 1875 : a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна сжатия
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна сжатия
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна сжатия
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна сжатия
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна давления волна сжатия продольная волна
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — волна сжатия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPRESSIONAL — adjective see: compression
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAVE — I In oceanography, a ridge or swell on the surface of a body of water, normally having a forward motion …
Английский словарь Британика
WAVE — I. ˈwāv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English waven, from Old English wafian to wave with the hands; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPRESSIONAL — -shən ə l, -shnəl adjective : consisting of, having to do with, or producing compression a compressional force
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAVE — — waveless , adj. — wavelessly , adv. — wavingly , adv. — wavelike , adj. /wayv/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSIONAL — adj. capable of being compacted or condensed; compacted, condensed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMPRESSIONAL — see compression
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAVE — vi water; a body of water. 2. wave ·noun woe. 3. wave ·vt ·see waive. 4. wave ·vi unevenness; inequality …
Webster English vocab
WAVE — on a body of water, a ridge or swell on the surface, normally having a forward motion distinct from the …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAVE — / weɪv; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF WATER 1. [ C ] a raised line of water …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAVE — I. wave 1 S3 W2 /weɪv/ BrE AmE noun 1 . SEA [countable] a line of raised water that moves …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAVE — v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAVE — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAVE — v. & n. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Oxford English vocab
WAVE — ( waves, waving, waved) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crime wave (= a sudden increase in crime in an area ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAVE — Synonyms and related words : Afro, accost, address, advertise, affect, air, ambages, amplitude, anfractuosity, antinode, barber, be poised, beat, beat …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAVE — 1. сущ. 1) вал, волна the waves поэт. ≈ море the sound of the waves breaking on the shore ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAVE — wave.ogg 1. weıv n 1. волна, вал breaking waves - прибой wave marks - следы прибоя the wave(s) - поэт. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAVE — 1) волна 2) колебание; (колебательный) сигнал 3) графическое изображение колебательного процесса • - abrupt translatory wave - acceleration wave - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WAVE — 1) волна 2) колебание; (колебательный) сигнал 3) графическое изображение колебательного процесса • - abrupt translatory wave - acceleration wave - acoustic surface wave - acoustic wave - advancing …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WAVE
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAVE — 1. weıv n 1. волна, вал breaking waves - прибой wave marks - следы прибоя the wave(s) - поэт. море, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAVE — 1. сущ. 1) а) вал, волна the waves поэт. — море the sound of the waves breaking on the shore …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAVE — 1. сущ. 1) а) вал, волна the waves поэт. — море the sound of the waves breaking on the shore — шум разбивающихся о …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WAVE — 1) волна || волновой 2) изменение; колебание 3) сигнал • - absorption wave - cylindrical wave - discontinuous stress wave …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
WAVE — 1) волна || волновой 2) изменение; колебание 3) сигнал • - absorption wave - cylindrical wave - discontinuous stress wave - echo waves - longitudinal wave - periodic wave - …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
WAVE — 1. _n. 1> волна, вал; the waves - _поэт. море 2> волна; подъем; a wave of enthusiasm - волна энтузиазма …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WAVE — 1. n. 1. волна, вал; the waves - поэт. море 2. волна; подъем; a wave of enthusiasm - волна энтузиазма …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WAVE — 1) волна; струя 2) колебание 3) неровность; ухаб дороги • to suppress wave — гасить волну - acoustical wave - air shock wave - atmospheric tidal wave - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
WAVE — сейсм. волна; волновой импульс || волновой - acoustic wave - additional wave - air wave - alternating waves - back wave - blast wave - body seismic …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
WAVE — волна - air wave - body wave - compression wave - explosion shock wave - flood wave - pressure wave …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
WAVE — 1) (электромагнитная) волна, ЭМВ 2) колебание 3) сигнал • - acoustic wave - amplitude-modulated wave - atmospheric radio wave - atmospheric wave - backward wave - broadcast wave - bulk …
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
WAVE — 1) волна 2) вал 3) разрываться 4) махать - wave amplitude - back wave - bow wave - continuous wave …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
WAVE — 1. сущ. 1) вал, волна the waves поэт. ≈ море the sound of the waves breaking on the shore ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ULTRASONICS — noun plural Date: 1924 ultrasonic vibrations or compressional waves, the study of ultrasonic vibrations and their associated phenomena, ultrasonic devices
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHOCK WAVE — noun Date: 1907 a compressional wave of high amplitude caused by a shock (as from an earthquake or explosion) to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAREFACTION — noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French raréfaction, from Medieval Latin ~-, rarefactio, from Latin rarefacere to rarefy Date: 1572 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPRESSION WAVE — noun see: compressional wave
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
FAULT — In geology, a fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on …
Английский словарь Британика
ALLEGHENIAN OROGENY — formerly Appalachian Revolution Mountain-building event that affected the Appalachian Geosyncline in the late The Alleghenian orogeny is most pronounced in …
Английский словарь Британика
COMPRESSION WAVE — noun see compressional wave
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOCK WAVE — noun 1. : blast 5b 2. : a compressional wave formed whenever the speed of a body relative to a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETONATION WAVE — ˌret ə nˈāshən- noun Etymology: retonation from re- + -tonation (as in detonation ) : a compressional wave propagated backward …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMPREG — ˈimˌpreg noun ( -s ) Etymology: impreg nated ( wood ) : wood impregnated with a resin so that face …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERTHRUST BELT — ( sometimes caps. ) Geol. an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION WAVE — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted. Also, compressional wave . Cf. expansion wave . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION — — compressional , adj. /keuhm presh"euhn/ , n. 1. the act of compressing. 2. the state of being compressed. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION WAVE — see compressional wave
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ULTRASONICS — noun plural Date: 1924 1. : ultrasonic vibrations or compressional waves 2. singular in construction : the study of ultrasonic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOCK WAVE — Date: 1907 1. : a compressional wave of high amplitude caused by a shock (as from an earthquake or explosion) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAREFACTION — noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French raréfaction, from Medieval Latin rarefaction-, rarefactio, from Latin rarefacere to rarefy Date: 1572 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHONON — [ 'fəʊnɒn ] ■ noun Physics a quantum of energy associated with a compressional wave such as a vibration of …
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