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Yes. The other type of wave is longitudinal, which is what sound waves are.

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Yes, light waves are a type of electromagnetic wave that propagate through a vacuum or medium by oscillations in electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to the direction of travel. This makes them transverse waves, where the oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

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