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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What are sound waves in air characterized as longitudinal?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you sure the question is not why? all sound waves are longitudinal...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sound waves are characterized as longitudinal because air molecules vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of wave motion

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