Why is water said to be “incompressible” when sound can travel through it? Doesn’t sound imply compressions and rarefactions?

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Why is water said to be “incompressible” when sound can travel through it? Doesn’t sound imply compressions and rarefactions?

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Don’t think of it as compressing. Think of it as the molecules bumping against each other. Really fast in solids, ok in liquids, slow in air.

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