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Sound waves are mechanical waves in which the particles in the medium vibrate ina direction parrallel to the direction of energy transport. What is another name of the type of wave that transfers energy
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Sound waves are mechanical waves in which the particles in the medium vibrate ina direction parrallel to the direction of energy transport. What is another name of the type of wave that transfers energy in this way?

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Sound wave is a kind of longitudinal waves. The other type is transverse waves, in which the particles vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
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