Question
Given below are some example of wave motion. State in case, if the wave motion is transverse, longitudinal or a combination of both? Wave produced in a cylinder consisting a liquid by moving its piston back and forth.

Answer

Longitudinal, because the molecules of the liquid vibrate to and fro about their mean positions along the direction propagation of the wave.

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