transverse vibrations

transverse vibrations

noun Physics.
periodic disturbances for which the particle oscillations of the medium are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
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Transverse vibrations is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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