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Particle Velocity of a Gas

The particle velocity of a gas flow at any point can be defined as the average velocity (in meters per second, m/s) of the air molecules passing through a plane cutting orthogonal to the flow. The term ``velocity'' in this book, when referring to air, means ``particle velocity.''

It is common in acoustics to denote particle velocity by lower-case $ u$.


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