Onde longitudinaleLongitudinal waves are waves in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels and displacement of the medium is in the same (or opposite) direction of the wave propagation. Mechanical longitudinal waves are also called compressional or compression waves, because they produce compression and rarefaction when traveling through a medium, and pressure waves, because they produce increases and decreases in pressure.
Peculiar velocityPeculiar motion or peculiar velocity refers to the velocity of an object relative to a rest frame — usually a frame in which the average velocity of some objects is zero. In galactic astronomy, peculiar motion refers to the motion of an object (usually a star) relative to a Galactic rest frame. Local objects are commonly examined as to their vectors of position angle and radial velocity. These can be combined through vector addition to state the object's motion relative to the Sun.
FasciculationEn médecine, le terme de désigne la contraction brève d'un groupe de fibres musculaires constitutives d'une unité motrice, c'est-à-dire d'un fascicule musculaire. Ce phénomène indolore et indépendant de la volonté se manifeste en périphérie du muscle concerné par un léger mouvement transmis à la peau, habituellement sans déplacement articulaire. Tous les muscles squelettiques peuvent être le siège de fasciculations qui, si elles deviennent abondantes et généralisées peuvent devenir un symptôme perturbant la qualité de vie.
Recessional velocityRecessional velocity is the rate at which an extragalactic astronomical object recedes (becomes more distant) from an observer as a result of the expansion of the universe. It can be measured by observing the wavelength shifts of spectral lines emitted by the object, known as the object's cosmological redshift. Hubble's law is the relationship between a galaxy's distance and its recessional velocity, which is approximately linear for galaxies at distances of up to a few hundred megaparsecs.
