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The distance between one point on a compression and the corresponding point on the next compression in a sound wave is called a

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It is called "wavelength".

In fact, the wavelength of a wave is defined as the distance between two consecutive same-shape points of the wave. In this case, we have the distance between two corresponding compression points of the wave, so this distance corresponds to the wavelength.
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