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sound waves

n. (sound wave English)

Usage examples of "sound waves".

The sound waves it generates interfere with the natural synergy of ear-brain patterns to create a disorienting sensation.

Light waves should travel through the ether as sound waves travel through air, and their speed should therefore be relative to the ether.

The quivering of the aether was the reason that light travelled through it - just as water waves propagate through water and sound waves through air.

We still don't know why the miniaturization field seems to stop sound waves when it doesn't stop light waves, but then we expect to learn new aspects of the process as we go on.

As with sound waves, a receiver tuned to the appropriate frequencies makes those colors, or rays, visible.

Extremely well-focused sound waves should not, of course, be affected by this factor.