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Is Huygen's principle valid for longitudinal sound waves?

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When we are considering a point source of sound wave. The distrubance due to the source propagates in spherical symmetry that is in all directions. The formation of wavefront is in accordance with Huygen's principle.

So, Huygen's principle is valid for longitudinal sound waves also.
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