Sound waves

[Ron Nossaman]

>These are all
>properly called sound waves in that medium, by definition. It may well be
>that one particular type of disturbance dominates, as is the case for
>transverse vibrations in the soundboard, but that distinction is a
>different issue. 

Well, no, that distinction was precisely what I was addressing.



>These same observations apply just as well in the case of multiple type 
>of disturbance on a one-dimension medium, like the stretched string. 
>
>Stephen

Absolutely.

Ron N