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801-23-04
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en
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Standard
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compressional wave
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wave in an elastic medium that causes an element of the medium to change its volume without undergoing rotation
NOTE – Mathematically, a compressional wave is one whose velocity field has zero curl.
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1994-07
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wave in an elastic medium that causes an element of the medium to change its volume without undergoing rotation