transverse vibrations

plural noun

, Physics.

1. periodic disturbances for which the particle oscillations of the medium are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

Example Sentences

Thus the transverse vibrations of a circular membrane lead to the theory of Bessel’s Functions; the oscillations of a spherical sheet of air suggest the theory of expansions in spherical harmonics, and so forth.

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The transverse vibrations of non-circular jets allow us to solve a problem which at first sight would appear to be of great difficulty.

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A calculation analogous to that of Lord Kelvin may be applied to find the frequency of small transverse vibrations of a cylinder of liquid under the action of the capillary force.

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But as the head increases, so do the lateral velocities which go to form the transverse vibrations.

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The phenomena in a magnetic field show that the stress is of such a sort as to twist into a new directional position the body upon which it acts as exhibited by a magnetic needle, also as indicated by the transverse vibrations of the ether waves, and again by the twist given to plane polarized light when moving through a magnetic field.

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