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Why is sound wave called a longlitudinal wave?

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Sound waves travels through a medium in the form of alternate compressions and rearefractions .The particles of the medium oscillate back and forth about mean position along the direction of the propagation of sound wave.Hence ,the sound wave is called a longitudinal wave
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