What is the nature of sound waves?

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These waves are produced only in a solids and liquids but not in gases. Sound is a longitudinal wave which consists of compressions and rarefactions travelling through a medium.
Sound wave can be described by five characteristics:
Wavelength, Amplitude, Time-Period, Frequency and Velocity or Speed.

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