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trans'verse wave'



Physics.
a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water. Cf. longitudinal wave.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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