English
Etymology
From transverse + wave.
Noun
transverse wave (plural transverse waves)
- (physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel
Translations
type of wave
- Catalan: ona transversal f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 橫波 / 横波 (waang4 bo1)
- Mandarin: 橫波 / 横波 (zh) (héngbō)
- Danish: tværbølge c
- Finnish: poikittaisaalto
- French: onde transversale f
- German: Transversalwelle (de) f, Querwelle (de) f, Schubwelle f, Scherwelle f
- Hawaiian: hawewe ʻaleʻale
- Italian: onda trasversale f
- Japanese: 横波 (yokonami)
- Korean: 횡파(橫波) (hoengpa)
- Portuguese: onda transversal f
- Russian: поперечная волна f (poperečnaja volna)
- Spanish: onda transversal f
- Tagalog: along halang
- Vietnamese: sóng ngang
- Welsh: ton drawslin f
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