trumpet the sound from the trumpet comes from a vibrating column of air created by buzzing lips of the trumpeter A sound wave is a longitudinal wave. When an object vibrates it produces a ...

Ultrasound, like audible sounds, is transmitted by means of longitudinal waves. Ultrasound is used in medicine to break up kidney stones and gall stones. It is also used, in a process known as ...

Ride along on the outside of Huygens as it parachutes through Titan's atmosphere at nearly 200 miles per hour. Sound is basically pressure waves that are moving through some medium. So the sound ...