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Roar(medicine)
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compression wave (medicine) and roar(1) (iou)


compression wave (medicine)


compression wave
<radiobiology> Waves where the quantity which oscillates is the density of the medium, that is the medium at a given point alternately compresses and expands.

Low-amplitude compression waves in air or water are commonly known as sound waves, shock waves are a high-amplitude form.

Synonym: density wave.


roar(1) (iou)



roar noun2.LME.
[Middle Dutch roer, Low German ror = Old Saxon hrora, Old High German ruora (German Ruhr) motion. Cf. UPROAR noun. In sense 2 perh. assoc. with ROAR noun1.]
An uproar, a tumult, a disturbance. Only in in a roar, on a roar, upon a roar. LME-E17.
A wild outburst of mirth. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.